Seekers of Happiness

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.

Director: Vladimir Korsh

Cast

V

Venyamin Zuskin

Pinya Kopman

Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina

Dvoina

L

L.A. Shmidt

Rosa

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Nikolai Valyano

Lyova

Sergei Yarov

Kornei

Iona Biy-Brodskiy

Shlyoma Petrovich

Georgiy Gorbunov