“Ida,” a Holocaust-themed film directed by the grandson of an Auschwitz victim, won an Oscar, but an Israeli nominee again failed to bring home the treasured trophy.
Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film — and then quickly found out just where that ranks in the Hollywood pecking order.
The Polish film about a Catholic nun to be who discovers she is the Jewish child of Holocaust victims won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
