AV-Medium
Waltham, Mass. : National Center for Jewish Film
Language:
Russian
Pages:
84 Min.
,
NTSC
Year of publication:
2007
Keywords:
Film
;
Birobidschan
Abstract:
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. 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. While the family encounters hardships in adjusting to this new way of life (including son-in-law Pinya's greedy, misguided search for gold) their search for assimilation is ultimately shown as positive. While the film is essentially a Soviet propaganda piece emphasizing the utopian dream of Birobidzhan as a socialist Jewish homeland, the reality of the area was harsh and inhospitable.
Note:
Orig.: UdSSR 1934. - Engl. Untertitel
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