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Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

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Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

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0h 15m

2008

Synopsis

Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish actor and director Solomon Mikhoels. An official proclamation mourns the death of "a great People's Artist of the Soviet Union." What people are really mourning is the death of the most popular Jewish theater in the Soviet Union, and the man who kept it alive against all odds for over 20 years. No doubt many suspected the truth: he had just been assassinated by Stalin's secret police.

Director

Sam Ball

DocumentaryHistory

soviet unionjewishdocumentary shorthistorical documentaryjewish theatresolomon mikhoelsmoscow state jewish theaterassassinated in minsk

Cast & Crew

Ed Asner

Ed Asner

as Narrator (Voice)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Solomon Mikhoels

Solomon Mikhoels

Venyamin Zuskin

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