Ringl and Pit

Duration: 59

Year Published: 1995

Creator: Juan Mandelbaum

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Documents the work and friendship of two German Jewish women, Grete Stern (Ringl) and Ellen Auerbach (Pit), who revolutionized photography in the Weimar (post WWI) era. Follows the social and artistic contributions Ringl and Pit made with their photo studio in the context of great social change in Germany. Includes historic photographs and recent interviews of an art gallery owner, professor, and Ringl and Pit themselves, now in their 80s.