The Man Without a World is credited to the legendary (and imaginary) 1920s Soviet director, Yevgeny Antinov. But the film is anything but old. In fact, Antinov himself is the creation of contemporary filmmaker Eleanor Antin. Her film is a moving, comic melodrama set in a typical shtetl (village) in Poland. The Jews’ struggle against poverty and racial hatred is complicated by their own division into hostile political factions of the religious orthodoxy, assimilationists, socialists, Zionists, anarchists and survivors. While the Jews of the shtetl pursue their loves, politics, religion, business and dreams for the future, the Angel of Death is ever near...
Genre: Drama
Stars: Pier Marton, Christine Berry, Anna Henriques, Eleanor Antin
Crew: Eleanor Antin (Director), Eleanor Antin (Writer), Eleanor Antin (Producer), Lynn Burstan (Producer), Richard Wango (Director of Photography), Lynn Burstan (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
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Runtime: 98 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 28, 1991
IMDb: 9
Keywords:soviet union, yiddish language
