In 1930s Poland, it was traditional for some Christian boys to live for a time with Jewish families in order to learn a trade from Jewish craftsmen. For this reason, Ivan has gone to live ...
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Roma Alexandrovitch | ... | Abraham |
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Aleksandr Yakovlev | ... | Ivan (as Sasha Yakovlev) |
| Vladimir Mashkov | ... | Aaron | |
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Mariya Lipkina | ... | Rachel |
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Hélène Lapiower | ... | Reyzele |
| Aleksandr Kalyagin | ... | Mardoche | |
| Rolan Bykov | ... | Nachman | |
| Zinoviy Gerdt | ... | Zalman | |
| Aleksey Serebryakov | |||
| Armen Dzhigarkhanyan | |||
| Aleksey Gorbunov | |||
| Valeriy Ivchenko | |||
| Daniel Olbrychski | ... | Stepan | |
| Oleg Yankovskiy | ... | Prince | |
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Lika Kremer | ... | Mania |
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In 1930s Poland, it was traditional for some Christian boys to live for a time with Jewish families in order to learn a trade from Jewish craftsmen. For this reason, Ivan has gone to live on a large estate with Abraham and his family, has learned Yiddish, and has become Abraham's best friend. But the anti-Semitism born of poverty, ignorance, and superstition is fierce in this community of and the two boys run away into the countryside to flee an imminent conflict. Journeying together in a menacing environment, they reveal their innocence and inseparability. Written by Eric Wees <eric_wees@pch.gc.ca>
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26 May 1993 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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2.35 : 1
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An enjoyable, somewhat sombre film about two boys growing up in pre-WWII Poland. Ivan is Catholic and works as an apprentice for a rich Jewish landowner. Ivan is good friends with Abraham, the affluent landowner's grandson. The old man then instructs Abraham not be friends with Ivan as the latter is a 'goy'. The two boys decide to run away. Interesting back-drop: a bucolic landscape where the poor peasants, mostly Catholic, work for the rich and rather selfish landowner. An undercurrent of mutual dislike runs through the community; the anti-Semitic workers, the Jews viewing themselves as better as the rest It all an allegory of problems to rise in Poland a few years later. Using black and white as medium for a 1993 film? It works surprisingly well in this case. The great music score and good acting helped to make this an enjoyable cinematic experience.