Seekers of Happiness

(1936)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1936

Runtime: 84 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Владимир Корш

Cast: Мария Блюменталь-Тамарина, Вениамин Зускин, Любовь Шмидт, Lyudmila Tayts, Aleksandr Karev, Сергей Яров, Борис Жуковский, Иона Бий-Бродский, Николай Вальяно, Александр Мельников

Plot

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.