A Jewish immigrant builds an empire in a Norwegian fishing town—then the Nazis come knocking.
The story about the poor Polish Moritz Rabinowitz who fell in love with the town of Haugesund, Norway, and became a wealthy clothes salesman, and was deported by the Nazi regime when they took control over Norway.
Production
Stunning archival footage resurrects a lost world.
Direction
Dual narrators weave intimate and political threads.
Director
Jon Haukeland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rabinowitz's department store, M. Rabinowitz, stood empty for decades after his deportation; locals called it 'the ghost building.'
The film sparked controversy in Haugesund itself—some residents felt it portrayed the town as antisemitic, while others argued it didn't go far enough in exposing collaboration.
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