Vladimir KORSH-SABLIN Владимир КОРШ-САБЛИН Vladimir KORCH-SABLINE   USSR, 1936, 85 mn  Black and white, fiction

Seekers of Happiness ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Искатели счастья    Les Chercheurs de bonheur  Iskateli schastya

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Plot synopsis

Seekers of Happiness was underwritten by the White Russian Cinema Trust. It is set in Birobijan, a self-governing Jewish province in the Far Eastern corner of the USSR. While most of the residents are hard and dedicated workers, lazy Pinya is not. Making things worse, Pinya hoards his wealth, refusing to share it with his neighbors in true communal fashion. Confronted by his honest brother-in-law, Pinya flees Birobijan with his precious gold stash. Imagine his dismay when he learns that his "gold" is just worthless iron pyrite -- a Lesson For Us All.
Hal Erickson, www.allmovie.com

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

Seekers of Happiness [Iskateli schast'ia], Julie DRASKOCZY, rusfilm.pitt, 2006

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Kinojudaica in the Cinémathèque suisse, Lausanne (Switzerland), 2011

- Kinojudaica : the image of the Jews in the cinema of Russia and Soviet Union (1910-1960), Toulouse (France), 2009

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Photos and videos

 

Source : www.kino-teatr.ru

 

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