Reviews

  • A Letter Without Words is a love letter without equal... a profoundly moving collaboration between a filmmaker and the grandmother she never knew.

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • a really wonderful Sundance documentary...simply remarkable - Einstein in Berlin in 1929, the bliss of pre-Hitler Jewish life in Germany, the gradual disintegration of a society that forced a family to flee...

    Newsday
  • Honesty is at the core of A Letter Without Words, which becomes more compelling as it goes along, more powerfully concerned with the enigmas of personality and history.

    New York Times
  • One of the best-received films of the [Berlin Film] Festival... With stunning color images of prewar Berlin awash with swastikas, the film also serves as a powerful reminder of how the past is close behind us.

    Village Voice
  • Remarkable...opens a window on an entire world...mesmerizing.

    Variety