Summaries

This 1928 film features stylized cinematography and actors from the Moscow Art Theater in a fiction story based on the life of Jewish Labor Bund member Hirsch Lekert who attempted to assassinate the Vilna governor in 1902 to avenge the flogging of workers who participated in a May Day rally.—National Center for Jewish Film

Details

Keywords
  • jewish
  • yiddish
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Sep 6, 1929
Countries of origin United States Soviet Union
Language None
Production companies Belgoskino

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h
Color Black and White
Sound mix Silent
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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