Feature2008·15m·0.0

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

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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.

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Cast

Ed Asner

Narrator (Voice)

Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin

Solomon Mikhoels

Venyamin Zuskin

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Status
Released
Original language
English
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Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Citizen Film

Crew

Director

Sam Ball

Writers

Sam Ball

Kate Stilley Steiner

Editor

Sophie E. Constantinou

Director of Photography