CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 0h 15m

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.

Directed bySam Ball

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 15m
Language
EN
Released
November 9, 2008
Studios
Citizen Film

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Ed Asner

Ed Asner

Narrator (Voice)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Solomon Mikhoels

Solomon Mikhoels

Venyamin Zuskin

Creative team
Directed by
Sam Ball
Sam Ball
Written by
Sam Ball
Sam Ball
Produced by
Sam Ball
Sam Ball
William Susman

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