<p>The actor, director, musician, singer and author <strong>Lenn Kudryavitsky</strong> comes from a Russian-Ukrainian immigrant family that immigrated to the GDR in the late 1970s. His Italian-Spanish roots link his career to a symbolic European genesis. Today, Lenn Kudryavitsky lives in Berlin with his wife and family. In his book <strong>„</strong><strong>Family Ties </strong><strong>–</strong><strong>From Living, Loving and Letting Go</strong><strong>“ (S. Fischer Publishers)</strong> he tells about his exciting life journey with much humanity and verve. The <strong>book presentation</strong> will take place on <strong>5 March 2023 in Berlin's Kesselhaus in the Kulturbrauerei</strong>.</p>
<p>In the context of the book publication the author invites to a premiere of the special kind. In the boiler house with it is its wife Nora Kudrjawizki, likewise musician, as well as the guitarist Ben Kreisel. The couple play the violin as a duo, Lenn sings, Ben accompanies on the acoustic guitar. The reading passages are complemented by a photo projection. „Familienbande“ appears already on February 22, 2023 in S. Fischer Verlag .</p>
<p><strong>Content information about the book:</strong></p>
<p><strong>The most exciting cases writes the life</strong></p>
<p>He co-stars in the Oscar-winning film "The Counterfeiters", with Kevin Costner he makes music in the trailer during breaks in filming, as a commissioner in the Croatia crime thriller he regularly thrills an audience of millions. The life of Lenn Kudryavitsky is exciting and varied, yet so much more than a mere actor's biography. As a child, Lenn hears from his grandfather the stories of his Jewish family of war, flight and expulsion. His youth in the GDR is full of changes and upheavals. At the age of 18 he is discovered for film, shortly after his beloved father dies. To escape his grief, Lenn throws himself into work. His film career picks up speed, but inside he continues to go downhill. After his half-brother is murdered, it comes to a breakdown. Lenn Kudryavitsky writes openly and movingly about his life, his impressive European-Jewish family history, and the art of living, loving, and letting go.</p>
<p>© Nela König</p>