Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union (2008)
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union (2008)
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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Ed Asner Ed Asner As: Narrator (Voice)
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler As:
Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin As:
Solomon Mikhoels Solomon Mikhoels As:
Venyamin Zuskin Venyamin Zuskin As:
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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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Genres: Documentary, History

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Release Date: 09 November 2008

Country: US

Runtime: 15m

Company Credits

Company: Citizen Film

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Cast

Directed By

Sam Ball

Sam Ball

Director

Writing Credits

Sam Ball

Sam Ball

Writer

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Sound

Jeremiah Moore

Jeremiah Moore

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joan Jeanrenaud

Joan Jeanrenaud

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Stephen Hart

Stephen Hart

Music Score Producer

William Susman

William Susman

Musician

Mira Stroika

Mira Stroika

Musician

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