Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

2008
15m
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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Citizen Film
Production Countries
United States of America

Keywords

soviet union jewish documentary short historical documentary jewish theatre solomon mikhoels moscow state jewish theater assassinated in minsk

Quick Facts

Release Date November 9, 2008
Status Released
Language EN
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Cast

Ed Asner
Ed Asner

Narrator (Voice)

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin

Solomon Mikhoels
Solomon Mikhoels

Venyamin Zuskin
Venyamin Zuskin

Key Crew

William Susman
Producer
Sam Ball
Writer
Sam Ball
Producer
Sam Ball
Director