[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.78,0:00:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Soft music.] Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.26,0:00:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And action! Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.65,0:00:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's huge. Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.88,0:00:12.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's mind blowing. Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.100,0:00:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to keep reminding myself\Nthat they're not real. Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.52,0:00:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a historical movie, actually,\Nwhat we are doing here. Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.57,0:00:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is 90 percent of my filming\Nexperience, here? Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.52,0:00:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is like this. Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.17,0:00:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come over here to do a show\Nset in Williamsburg, Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.57,0:00:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do it in Berlin, it kind of, \Nyou know, plays with my head. Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.66,0:00:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A series in Yiddish, for me also,\Npersonally, I think it's a great thing. Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.20,0:00:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going to be dealing with a language\Nthat no one understands. Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.03,0:00:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we're dealing with costumes\Nand rituals no one understands. Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.26,0:00:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the essence of what's happening,\Nthat's universally understood. Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.78,0:00:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This very beautiful and unique story Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.50,0:00:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that shows kind of like, both worlds. Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.36,0:01:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it's a story about\Nthe existence of God, or something. Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.38,0:01:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more about...the right to\Nhave your voice. Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.81,0:01:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people like me never really\Nhad that opportunity. Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.54,0:01:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never saw ourselves reflected back\Nin the stories being told Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.52,0:01:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in popular culture. Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.14,0:01:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we didn't really know\Nhow to create our own stories. Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.79,0:01:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is the first show, ever,\Nto accurately portray Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.63,0:01:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Hasidic community. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.36,0:01:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are real people, and their\Nexperiences are very universal, Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.70,0:01:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very relatable. Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.37,0:01:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the community watching it,\Nand there is somebody like me, Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.34,0:01:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watches it, and sees, this girl\Nlived exactly like she lives. Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.54,0:01:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, she was able to muster\Nthe courage to follow her dreams. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.95,0:01:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe this girl can, too. Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.14,0:01:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I met Ann and Alexa,\Nand I became friends with them, Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.22,0:02:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized, if anybody is ever going to\Nreally be able to grasp Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.17,0:02:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the story is about, Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.65,0:02:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to really execute it in a way Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.56,0:02:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is going to have a \Npositive cultural impact, Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.40,0:02:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's these women. Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.85,0:02:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After I met Deborah, \NI read her book, Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.97,0:02:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought it was amazing. Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.36,0:02:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I read it in one sitting.\NI couldn't put it down. Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.36,0:02:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, she said: Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.59,0:02:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, why don't you make my book\Ninto a TV show?" Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.85,0:02:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anna and I wanted to make a show\Nfor a while, Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.36,0:02:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we could work through\Na lot of the topics Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.50,0:02:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we discuss a lot, especially\Nabout being Jewish in Germany. Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.74,0:02:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, the story is about\Na young woman, who Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.37,0:02:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is searching for herself, Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.06,0:02:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she is searching for\Nher community in the world. Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.81,0:02:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Esther is a 19 year old girl. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.41,0:02:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was born and raised in\NWilliamsburg, Brooklyn, Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.44,0:02:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the community called Satmar. Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.49,0:02:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Don't forget, Esty. \NHe speaks first. Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.34,0:02:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She grows up in a very \Nreligious neighborhood. Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.22,0:03:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, frees herself from an\Nunhappy arranged marriage, Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.37,0:03:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and flees to Berlin. Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.02,0:03:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her story is unique, and romantic. Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.18,0:03:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just felt it was so different,\Nthat somebody would leave Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.42,0:03:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this very insular community\Nin Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.64,0:03:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find their way here,\Nout of choice. Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.26,0:03:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From a very young age,\Nshe always felt very different. Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.60,0:03:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's always been told\Nthat she is very different, Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.24,0:03:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the fact that\Nshe always has questions within her, Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.67,0:03:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she has that 'chutzpah,'\Nyou can say. Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.22,0:03:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Satmar Jews are a\NHasidic community, Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.71,0:03:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,originally from the town of\NSatu Mare, in Hungary. Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.62,0:03:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are mostly descendants\Nof Holocaust survivors, and Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.67,0:03:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started by Holocaust survivors,\Nin New York, after the war. Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.10,0:03:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This kind of makes them\Na little bit different Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.61,0:03:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a lot of other\NHasidic communities, Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.89,0:04:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they really developed\Nwhat they were about, after the war, Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.77,0:04:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not before. Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.15,0:04:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is founded by people who are\Nstruggling Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.52,0:04:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the most immense trauma\Nwe can imagine. Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.100,0:04:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first generation, Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.16,0:04:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say even for the first\Ntwo generations, Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.42,0:04:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this trauma was a very driving force Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.49,0:04:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind the ideological structures\Nof this community. Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.26,0:04:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Satmar community is also special,\Nin that Yiddish is their native language. Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.72,0:04:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think they can be credited,\Nto some degree, Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.66,0:04:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with keeping Yiddish alive. Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.19,0:04:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- But why Berlin?\N- Think about it. Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.92,0:04:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What? \N- Her crazy mama lives in Berlin! Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.56,0:04:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very important to us,\Nto make changes in the present-day story, Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.31,0:04:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Deborah Feldman's real life. Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.08,0:04:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because she is a young woman,\Nshe is a public figure, Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.94,0:04:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is a public intellectual,\Nand we wanted Esther's Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.69,0:04:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Berlin life to be very different\Nfrom real Deborah's Berlin life. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.04,0:04:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in a sense, the flashbacks\Nare based on the book, Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.96,0:04:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the present-day story\Nis entirely made up. Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.35,0:05:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to go beyond cliché, Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.21,0:05:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond our projection\Nonto what the life might be Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.91,0:05:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a community like this. Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.82,0:05:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very important to us\Nto get not just the look and feel Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.86,0:05:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and costumes, and rituals,\Nand everything correct, but Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.80,0:05:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inhabit the ideas of\Nthese characters' worlds, Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.77,0:05:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that felt authentic, Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.68,0:05:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also heightened,\Nbecause it's television. Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.19,0:05:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just, in general, feel like,\Nwhen you're showing Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.96,0:05:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different communities,\Nespecially communities on the margins, Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.74,0:05:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to get the details right. Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.76,0:05:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knew it was so important\Nto get people on board, Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.88,0:05:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just as actors, but behind\Nand in front of the camera, Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.79,0:05:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are from this community. Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.82,0:05:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one of the first people we hired\Nwas Eli Rosen, Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.44,0:05:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is an actor, translator,\Nand kind of specialist, Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.91,0:05:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to Yiddish. Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.74,0:05:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eli Rosen was like our guide. Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.91,0:05:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was our spirit guide. Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.16,0:06:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He not only translated the scripts, Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.37,0:06:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he coached the actors in Yiddish, Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.81,0:06:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he helped us with all the\Ncultural details, Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.24,0:06:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he played the rabbi. Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.53,0:06:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was given the opportunity\Nto help ensure Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.84,0:06:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was representative,\Nand that it is authentic, Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.99,0:06:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um...I, uh... Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.19,0:06:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jumped at it. Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.42,0:06:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Directing the scenes\Nwhich are set within or Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.27,0:06:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the ultra-Orthodox world, Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.74,0:06:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have been lost,\Nwithout this advice. Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.24,0:06:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had two research trips\Nto New York, Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.86,0:06:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our entire team,\Nto not just watch and look, Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.67,0:06:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and touch everything we saw,\Nbut we got access Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.92,0:06:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meeting people who are \Nstill in this community. Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.84,0:06:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We really tried to offer\Nour heads of department, as much access. Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.48,0:06:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These trips, of course,\Nare like a hunt, for impressions, Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.49,0:07:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for feeling atmosphere, Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.44,0:07:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for just watching,\Njust taking things in. Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.82,0:07:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a kind of\Nimage-based research. Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.44,0:07:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We looked around.\NWe took so many pictures. Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.88,0:07:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we tried to inhale this world Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.62,0:07:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the visual impressions we got. Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.16,0:07:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While we were taken around New York, Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.28,0:07:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we went on a tour of Williamsburg,\Nby an ex-Satmar woman, Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.96,0:07:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had grown up there,\Nshe had her first child there, Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.04,0:07:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had been married, and everything. Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.31,0:07:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She walked us through\Na lot of Williamsburg, Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.69,0:07:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the traditions within\Nthe exterior buildings. Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.81,0:07:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Silke was taking lots of notes\Nfor her world, Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.82,0:07:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was taking lots of notes Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.73,0:07:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the characters\Nthat I was going to be building. Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.53,0:07:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We started shooting the past,\Nlike the Williamsburg parts, Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.84,0:07:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, we moved to Berlin. Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.59,0:07:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, suddenly, something felt different. Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.31,0:07:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, it's moving from Yiddish to English,\Nand different outfits and makeup. Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.71,0:08:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, the hair -- and there was\Nso many different hairs, right? Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.46,0:08:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is bald, and there is this,\Nand there is the wig, and -- Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.81,0:08:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Esty has so many faces. Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.26,0:08:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had spoken to Deborah Feldman,\Nbefore we started the project, Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.56,0:08:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about her personal experience\Nof transitioning Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.84,0:08:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Satmar modesty clothing,\Nto Western clothing. Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.49,0:08:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said it took her a long time,\Nand it was a slow process, Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.01,0:08:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she pushed herself \Nto experience Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.04,0:08:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wearing T shirts, \Nand showing her arm, Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.12,0:08:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and showing more flesh. Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.98,0:08:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said it did take a long time. Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.03,0:08:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I wanted to show that. Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.66,0:08:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to reflect Deborah's experience,\Nwith Esther. Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.59,0:08:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was so hard to create, in a way, Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.06,0:08:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a production that is much like\Na period film, Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.27,0:08:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that plays in the world of today. Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.31,0:08:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To create the costumes for that\Nwas a very big challenge. Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.89,0:08:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much like the sets that played\Nin two worlds, Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.45,0:09:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had costumes that played\Nin two worlds. Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.83,0:09:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plus, a character who has an arc, Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.85,0:09:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just in her character,\Nbut in her looks, and in her clothes. Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.27,0:09:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our production designer\Nknew which exterior locations Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.04,0:09:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were going to be using there, Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.93,0:09:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and built, made to measure, \Nthe sets here, Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.24,0:09:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sync with those exteriors. Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.46,0:09:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have complicated locations,\Nbecause we shot Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.26,0:09:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of the New York part,\Nhere in Berlin. Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.93,0:09:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Why Germany? Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.74,0:09:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other movies that I did before, Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.86,0:09:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we came through the windows, Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.89,0:09:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now, we do everything inside. Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.84,0:09:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, maybe, this is a very first \Nexperience, for me. Yeah. Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.75,0:09:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wolfgang is an incredible\Ncinematographer. Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.13,0:09:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has shot some of the most\Nincredible documentaries. Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.63,0:09:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is able to work with natural light. Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.90,0:09:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is able to work spontaneously. Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.86,0:09:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We joke that he is like\Nthe hand held steadicam. Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.04,0:09:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is good at combining\Ndifferent kinds of light, Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.21,0:10:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, because we were matching\Nset interiors with real exteriors, Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.64,0:10:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lighting was very delicate, Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.98,0:10:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Wolfgang was \Nincredible at that. Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.35,0:10:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I watch material\Nin post production, Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.53,0:10:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it is very difficult Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.24,0:10:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see what was inside,\Nand what was outside, Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.50,0:10:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was in New York,\Nand what was shot in Berlin. Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.15,0:10:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- She's not here? Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.27,0:10:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shira Haas is a talent.\NWhat a face. Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.93,0:10:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, she only needs\Nto move a part of her face, Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.31,0:10:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can make you cry,\Nor laugh. Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.88,0:10:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shira is just an\Nenormous, enormous actress. Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.92,0:10:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So talented. So gifted.\NSuch a hard worker. Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.11,0:10:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was pure joy. Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.71,0:10:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day, it was pure joy,\Nto work with Shira. Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.07,0:10:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that what is really \Nbeautiful in Esty, Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.14,0:10:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that she \Nreally really really, Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.44,0:10:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though she has been told\Nall her life that she is different, Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.86,0:11:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though she feels like\Nshe is different, Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.28,0:11:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she always tries very, very hard\Nto fit in. Really. Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.06,0:11:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, she really wants to find\Nthat feeling of belonging and happiness. Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.49,0:11:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have, sort of, four main characters. Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.94,0:11:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, Esther is the main character, Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.09,0:11:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the other main characters\Nare all Satmar characters, Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.09,0:11:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are dealing with being\Ninside and outside at the same time. Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.21,0:11:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is, she was kicked out,\Nor left the community 15 years before. Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.96,0:11:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is that role, that attracted me,\Nreally, to the whole thing. Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.84,0:11:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With Amit Rahav, we had never\Nseen him act in another project. Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.16,0:11:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just saw him in the audition. Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.51,0:11:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were all just blown away\Nby him, as well. Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.94,0:11:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just kills it, in every scene.\NHe is a natural talent. Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.01,0:11:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that he is just\Nvery naive, and innocent. Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.85,0:11:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not weakness. Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.09,0:11:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has one truth, and this is\Nthe one truth he knows. Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.42,0:11:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It's around here somewhere. Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.98,0:12:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- There it is! Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.57,0:12:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- In this section. \NNext to the fallen tree! Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.11,0:12:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With Jeff Wilbusch,\Na crazy thing happened. Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.44,0:12:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our German casting director,\Nsaid: Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.24,0:12:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, we have this German actor,\Nwho speaks Yiddish." Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.91,0:12:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the end of the day,\Nand Alexa and I were really tired, Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.77,0:12:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were sitting here in the office. Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.79,0:12:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this guy comes in, \Nand we were like: Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.74,0:12:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, so this is what the show\Nis about," and everything. Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.55,0:12:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was like: \N"This is my story." Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.15,0:12:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were like:\N"I'm sorry?" Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.61,0:12:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was like: Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.80,0:12:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am from the \NSatmar community. Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.49,0:12:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yiddish is my native language.\NThis is my story." Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.28,0:12:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Moishe is\Na tragic role. Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.09,0:12:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has a lot of issues. Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.20,0:12:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personal issues,\Nthat he needs to fight. Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.04,0:12:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is hunted. Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.18,0:12:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he is also a hunter. Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.59,0:12:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, he comes to\Nbring Esther back. Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.51,0:12:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Say it. Where is Esty? Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.24,0:12:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Where is Esty, telephone? Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.45,0:13:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- You're crazy, Yanky. Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.47,0:13:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Aerosol spritzes.] Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.78,0:13:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us, the challenges\Nof creating this Satmar wedding, Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.51,0:13:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in Berlin, began with\Nfinding enough extras, Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.95,0:13:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had big enough beards, Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.64,0:13:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were willing to get\Nall the hair and makeup. Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.13,0:13:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The joke on this show\Nis that the men required Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.07,0:13:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way more hair and makeup\Nthan the women. Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.24,0:13:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Mine is grown now.\NI wasn't allowed to cut it. Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.16,0:13:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very complex \Ncultural ritual. Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.96,0:13:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanted to get it right.\NThere are a lot of details. Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.71,0:13:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just placing everybody in\Nsort of gender and age order, Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.13,0:13:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as imaginary relationship\Nto the bride and groom. Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.40,0:13:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there is kind of\Na system to it. Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.45,0:13:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's incredible pageantry. Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.52,0:13:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a moment of great joy\Nfor the family. Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.47,0:13:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, they don't necessarily\Nexpress their joy, Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.86,0:14:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way other communities\Nexpress it. Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.38,0:14:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I paid for everything. Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.01,0:14:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So really, everything\Nhas to work out. Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.28,0:14:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I check everyone's behavior. Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.81,0:14:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am having fun,\Nbut not too much. Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.46,0:14:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very important for us, Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.24,0:14:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to strike the right tone \Nwith the wedding. Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.50,0:14:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, also, we had\Na hundred extras. Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.28,0:14:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Costumes. Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.60,0:14:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the first challenge,\Nand the biggest challenge, Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.55,0:14:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to shoot it all\Nwithin two days. [Laughs] Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.90,0:14:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us, it was our\Nbig Hollywood moment. Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.86,0:14:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very hot\Nwhen we were shooting. Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.33,0:14:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.35,0:14:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of the extras,\Nand actors, Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.28,0:14:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were wearing \Na lot of costume, Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.06,0:14:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and makeup, and hair, Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.55,0:14:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 100 degree Farhenheit\Nweather. Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.48,0:14:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Every day on set,\Nit's like this. Normal. Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.83,0:14:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- That's what I'm used to.\N- He's the king. Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.84,0:14:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hot in there. Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.22,0:14:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too hot. Please,\Ndon't send me in there, again. Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.82,0:15:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had an incredibly talented\Ncostume designer, Justine Seymour. Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.66,0:15:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has worked all over the world. Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.87,0:15:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is incredibly flexible. Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.93,0:15:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was challenging, because\Nsome of the actual clothing Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.16,0:15:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not for sale here, so some things \Nwere sourced in Williamsburg. Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.40,0:15:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wear these furry hats\Ncalled shtreimels. Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.62,0:15:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We couldn't afford them.\NThey cost more than 1000 Euro each. Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.73,0:15:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each hat involves the fur\Nof six minks, Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.83,0:15:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which seemed unnecessary to us.\NWe needed a lot of them. Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.100,0:15:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, a theater company in Hamburg\Nmade them out of fake fur. Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.95,0:15:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, no minks were harmed\Nin the making of this TV show. Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.87,0:15:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, I am spraying\Nand stroking the shtreimel, Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.75,0:15:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to make the fur flat,\Nand look more realistic and shiny. Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.20,0:15:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have had to fit them,\Nto make them work, Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.86,0:15:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for every individual actor, yes.\NEven all of the extras. Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.86,0:15:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a tent, over there,\Nfull of shtreimels. Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.18,0:15:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call it our shtreimel tent. Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.38,0:15:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our head of hair and makeup\Ndepartment, Jens, Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.38,0:16:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,managed to create our peyots,\Nin a way that I've never seen on screen. Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.23,0:16:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One hundred percent\Nthe best peyots I've seen. Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.31,0:16:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's quite interesting. Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.75,0:16:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday, we were laughing\Nvery much. Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.80,0:16:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we had 150 Hasids outside,\Nit was a very funny picture. Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.18,0:16:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone was saying: "Look!\NThe Jews are back in Berlin." Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.51,0:16:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music.] Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.19,0:16:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We always talk about trying\Nto portray reality in film. Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.53,0:16:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no more reality\Nthan diversity. Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.60,0:16:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's -- just walk \Nacross the street. Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.08,0:16:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for Berlin,\Nwe really wanted Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.06,0:16:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a very colorful\Nlightness, Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.35,0:16:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the architecture we chose. Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.60,0:17:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We kind of returned to \NWest Berlin. Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.80,0:17:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kind of little locations and areas,\Nand certain type of architecture, Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.15,0:17:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, um, were built in the\N1970s and 1980s. Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.07,0:17:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to have something\Nmore with a freer space. Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.29,0:17:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More rhythm in it. Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.13,0:17:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Silke found a most incredible location,\Nright next to the Philharmonic. Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.45,0:17:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one had ever shot there, and\Nit was the perfect location. Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.98,0:17:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was for the music academy,\Nit was built in the 1960s. Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.60,0:17:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was supposed to be\Na much lighter, open architecture, Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.28,0:17:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,post-war. It was about \Ncommunication. Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.30,0:17:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about low hierarchy. Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.77,0:17:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, mirrored by architecture. Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.79,0:17:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We created our own\Nmusic academy, where Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.28,0:17:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jews and Muslims\Nare playing music together. Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.92,0:17:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also this crazy,\Npost-colonial paradox. Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.93,0:17:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, why are people\Nfrom the Middle East Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.22,0:18:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playing German music,\Nat all? Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.23,0:18:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has this crazy bringing together\Nof unexpected worlds. Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.03,0:18:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That gets to the spirit\Nof the show, on every level. Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.04,0:18:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The concept of this music academy\Nis that different talented musicians Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.23,0:18:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all over the world come together,\Nto practice their specific instruments. Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.43,0:18:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Instrumental music.] Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.20,0:18:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Television is aspirational. Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.92,0:18:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like the idea of showing\Na version of Berlin Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.87,0:18:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was full of music, Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.38,0:18:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that merged music from the past,\Nwith young people from the future, Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.83,0:18:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against this amazing backdrop. Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.46,0:18:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a kind of \Ndoubling back on history Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.77,0:18:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this show. Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.30,0:18:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a Jewish character. Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.05,0:18:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to escape \Nthe confines of her own life, Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.75,0:19:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she returns to the source of\Nher community's trauma. Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.27,0:19:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Do you see that villa? Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.68,0:19:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The conference, where the Nazis\Ndecided to kill the Jews, Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.80,0:19:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- in concentration camps,\Ntook place in 1942 in that villa. Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.26,0:19:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- And you swim in this lake? Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.50,0:19:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- A lake is just a lake. Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.70,0:19:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, seeing her\Nbeing confronted Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.23,0:19:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our world, Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.05,0:19:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes us question our world,\Ntoo. Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.51,0:19:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shooting a series in Yiddish,\Num, in Berlin, Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.25,0:19:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has, ironically, become\Na kind of new diaspora, Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.66,0:19:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sense that you have\Nall these young Israeli Jews, Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.28,0:19:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these young American Jews,\Ncoming back to Berlin, Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.01,0:19:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a movement.\NThis is not the story of one person. Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.82,0:19:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, it just fit.\NIt makes sense, Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.23,0:19:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is the place\Nwhere we would rediscover this language, Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.26,0:19:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of a religious context. Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.50,0:19:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there will be art in Yiddish. Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.88,0:20:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is theater in Yiddish, so. Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.49,0:20:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But like, a real, Netflix series,\Nin Yiddish? Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.75,0:20:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something amazing. Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.46,0:20:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, Berlin really\Nwears its trauma on its sleeve. Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.20,0:20:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what makes the city so raw,\Nand interesting. Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.90,0:20:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Esty coming here, um,\Nshe does the same in the city. Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.95,0:20:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She adds to those layers. Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.58,0:20:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was really important for us:\Nto close that circle, Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.42,0:20:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we say in German. Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.52,0:20:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Soft instrumental music.]