Directed by Wolfgang Andrä & Yvonne Andrä, 2011

In 2008-09, Yiddish Summer Weimar launched its most ambitious project up to that time: an EU-funded exploration of the shared history and cultural heritage of klezmorim and lautari. Led by Alan Bern, The Other Europeans brought together 14 musicians from 8 countries--with no single language in common--to recover an immensely rich, multi-ethnic and transnational music culture that had once flourished in Bessarabia (largely in today’s Moldova) before being destroyed by war, Soviet cultural policy, and emigration. The film unblinkingly follows the band on a two-year journey that includes research in Israel, Moldova and France and rehearsals and concerts in Weimar and Vienna, through moments of success and disappointment. An inspiring inside look at how 14 very different musicians learn to trust and appreciate their differences and what they share in common. With Kalman Balogh, Alan Bern, Daniel Blacksberg, Paul Brody, Marin Bunea, Matt Darriau, Christian Dawid, Zev Feldman, Emil Kroytor, Csaba Novak, Petar Ralchev, Stas Rayko, Adrian Receanu, Mark Rubin, Guy Schalom and Adam Stinga.