Izydi
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Dmitry Astrakhan
Tatyana Anisimova
Alexander Lykov
Yelena Anisimova
Valentin Bukin
Sholom Aleichem
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in turn-of-the-century Russia, a thriving merchant attempts to lead a normal life, the face of rising anti-semitism, as head of the only Jewish family in a rural community.
Director
Dmitry Astrakhan
Crew
Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem
Dmitry Astrakhan
Isaac Babel
Isaac Babel
Oleg Danila
Alexander Kikivkin
A Kuprin
A Kuprin
Alexander Pantichin
Nevskaya Perspectiva
Marya Petrova
Yuri Worontsov
Yuri Worontsov
Rafik Zamanov
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
The Soviet Union's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1991).
Feature directorial debut for Dmitry Astrakhan.
Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) (New Voices) September 24 - October 3, 1991.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 23 - May 7, 1992.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) September 27 - October 6, 1991.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 5-14, 1991.
Shown in New York City (Jewish Museum) as part of program "Artists, Activists and Ordinary People: Jews in 20th Century Europe" January 16-24, 1993.
Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) January 26, 1993.
color and b&w
dialogue Russian
