Seekers of Happiness (1936)
Overview
During the 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.
Cast
Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina
Dvoira
Venyamin Zuskin
Pinya Kopman
Lyubov Shmidt
Rosa
Aleksandr Karev
Natan
Sergei Yarov
Kornei
Boris Zhukovsky
Kornei's Father
Iona Biy-Brodskiy
Shlyoma Petrovich
Nikolai Valyano
Lyova (uncredited)
Aleksandr Melnikov
Solomon (uncredited)
Emil Gal
Zionist (uncredited)
Georgiy Gorbunov
(uncredited)