Film
Seekers of Happiness
1936 · 1h 24m · Drama
- IMDb
- 6.7
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Overview
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.
Cast
Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina
Dvoira
Venyamin Zuskin
Pinya Kopman
Lyubov Shmidt
Rosa
Lyudmila Tayts
Basya Kopman
Aleksandr Karev
Natan
Sergei Yarov
Kornei
Boris Zhukovsky
Kornei's Father
Iona Biy-Brodskiy
Shlyoma Petrovich
Nikolai Valyano
Lyova (uncredited)
Aleksandr Melnikov
Solomon (uncredited)
Emil Gal
Zionist (uncredited)
Georgiy Gorbunov
(uncredited)
Sarra Fabrikant
(uncredited)
Crew
- Vladimir KorshDirector
- Iogann ZeltserScreenplay
- Grigoriy KobetzScreenplay
- Boris RyabovDirector of Photography
- Konstantin PogodinDirector of Photography
- Isaak DunayevskyOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 25, 1936
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
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