The Shoshani Riddle

Israeli Documentaries Competition

  • Archive - Festival 39
  • Director: Michael Grynszpan
  • Israel 2023
  • 86 minutes
  • Hebrew, English, French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

He was one of the greatest geniuses that ever lived - spoke thirty languages, knew physics and philosophy… and yet he slept on a park bench, anonymously traveled the world and looked like a bum. He was the secret master of Elie Wiesel, Emmanuel Levinas and of many other prominent thinkers. They only knew him by his nickname “Shushani”. In France, Israel, USA, North-Africa, Uruguay, they were left wondering: Who was this man? What was he hiding, and why? Still, to this day, no one knows. This is his story.

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  • Director Michael Grynszpan
  • Production Michael Grynszpan
  • Cinematography Philippe Bellaiche
  • Editing Roy Ben Ami
  • Sound Design Michael Goorevich
  • Music Daniel Markovitch
  • Source NewVision Productions
  • Produced with support by Kan 11, The Second Israeli Authority for Television & Radio, Gesher Film Foundation - Avi Chai Foundation, The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Matanel Foundation