Seekers of Happiness (1936)

6.8/10 84 min Drama

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)

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