Damskiy portnoy
Set in Kiev, Russia, on 29 September 1941, this feature chronicles the last 24 hours in the lives of a Jewish tailor and his family just prior to their deportation and execution at Babi Yar. This powe…
Damskiy portnoy
Set in Kiev, Russia, on 29 September 1941, this feature chronicles the last 24 hours in the lives of a Jewish tailor and his family just prior to their deportation and execution at Babi Yar. This powerful Holocaust feature film takes place in Kiev, Russia, on September 29, 1941. Chronicling the last twenty-four hours in the lives of a Jewish tailor (renowned Soviet actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky) and his family just prior to their deportation and execution at Babi Yar. Director Leonid Gorovets uses the human drama of his characters to raise complex and terrifying questions about the fate of the Jews under Nazi and Soviet tyranny. —National Center for Jewish Film
Damskiy portnoy
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Set in Kiev, Russia, on 29 September 1941, this feature chronicles the last 24 hours in the lives of a Jewish tailor and his family just prior to their deportation and execution at Babi Yar. This powerful Holocaust feature film takes place in Kiev, Russia, on September 29, 1941. Chronicling the last twenty-four hours in the lives of a Jewish tailor (renowned Soviet actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky) and his family just prior to their deportation and execution at Babi Yar.
Director Leonid Gorovets uses the human drama of his characters to raise complex and terrifying questions about the fate of the Jews under Nazi and Soviet tyranny. —National Center for Jewish Film.