Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union 2008 Directed by Sam Ball

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Gneres Documentary , History
Production Company Citizen Film
Release Date 9 November 2008
15 mins