Format:
1 videodisc (DVD) (84 min.)
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col
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4 3/4 in
Edition:
Kopie d. Aufn. 1934
ISBN:
1585872547
Content:
During the late 1920s, many impoverished Jews searching for a better life made their way to Birobidzhan, the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region on the Chinese border. The story of a Jewish family's immigration to Birobidzhan and their experiences as settlers on a collective farm in the area. While the family encounters hardships in adjusting to this new way of life, their search for assimilation is ultimately shown as positive. While the film is essentially a Soviet propaganda piece emphasizing the utopian dream of Birobidzhan, the reality of the area was harsh and inhospitable
Note:
Camera, B. Ryabov ; music, I.O. Dunaevskiĭ
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Russian with English subtitles
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
Feature films
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Fiction films
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Feature films
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DVD-Video discs
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Motion pictures
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