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Seekers of Happiness (1936)

Directed by Vladimir Korsh

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.

Length 84 minutes

Actors

Venyamin Zuskin | Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina | L.A. Shmidt | Nikolai Valyano | Sergei Yarov