For an interview about the making of the film with writer/director Liev Schreiber, check out this video.
THE PIED PIPER OF HUTZOVINA is a documentary by a Czech director following the journey of Eugen Hutz, the actor who plays Alex, through Eastern Europe (Prague, Carpathia, Moscow, Siberia, and, finally, Ukraine) to revisit the places he knew as a young man and to gather more knowledge of Gypsy and Ukrainian music. It's a fascinating parallel to EVERYTHING. Here is a clip:
You can see the whole film on Amazon, Apple, Vudu, and Vimeo. It's about an hour, followed by a "Making Of" documentary about the documentary that's almost as long!
And here is the official video for Hutz's band Gogol Bordello performing "Start Wearing Purple," the song played at the end of the movie.
For an NPR feature interviewing Franklin Foer (Jonathan's older brother) about the real story about his grandfather's rescue from Nazis in Ukraine, click here.
Franklin Foer’s grandfather (back left) with the Ukrainian family that protected him from the Nazis.
