The Presidents’ Tailor

Wednesday, September 18 - Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m.: Q&A with director Rich Minnich and Martin Greenfield’s family

Maxmilian Grünfeld learned to sew while mending shirts for the Gestapo in Auschwitz when he was fifteen. Four years later, he re-invented himself as the American Martin Greenfield, and was making suits for the former general and future US president Dwight D. Eisenhower, who liberated him from Buchenwald in 1945.

From his modest beginning as a floor boy at the GGG factory in Brooklyn in the late-1940s, Martin built a bespoke menswear empire together with his sons Jay and Tod with a client list that reads like a Who’s Who of the US entertainment industry. Widely considered the greatest tailor in America, Martin remained a much-beloved figurehead at Greenfield Clothiers until Covid finally forced him into retirement at age 91.

The Presidents’ Tailor accompanies Martin and his family toward the end of his illustrious 71-year career, and offers an inside look at how this family-run business continues to thrive by offering “quality with intrinsic value”.

• Country USA, Germany
• Language English, German and Ukrainian with English Subtitles
• Running Time 39 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Rick Films
• Director Rick Minnich
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning

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