The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
During the 1920s, many impoverished Jews searching for a better life made their way to Birobidzhan, the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region on the Chinese border. This melodrama tells the story of a Jewish family's immigration to Birobidzhan and their experiences as settlers on a collective farm in the area.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Grigoriy KobetzScreenplay
- Iogann ZeltserScreenplay
- Vladimir KorshDirector
- Isaak DunayevskyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mariya Blyumental-TamarinaDvoira
- Venyamin ZuskinPinya Kopman
- Lyubov ShmidtRosa
- Lyudmila TaytsBasya Kopman
- Aleksandr KarevNatan
- Sergei YarovKornei
- Boris ZhukovskyKornei's Father
- Iona Biy-BrodskiyShlyoma Petrovich
- Nikolai ValyanoLyova (uncredited)
- Aleksandr MelnikovSolomon (uncredited)
- Emil GalZionist (uncredited)
- Georgiy Gorbunov(uncredited)
Stills
Themes
jewrysoviet union