Operation Wedding (2016)

Leningrad, 1970. A group of young Jewish dissidents plots to hijack an empty plane and escape the USSR. Caught by the KGB a few steps from boarding, they were sentenced to years in the ... See full summary »

Director:

Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov

Stars:

Anatoly Altman, Ruth Bar-On, Philipp Bobkov

7 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Anatoly Altman	...	Self
Ruth Bar-On	...	Self
Philipp Bobkov	...	Self (KGB)
Oleg Kalugin	...	Self (KGB)
Edward Kuznetsov	...	Self
Yosef Mendelevitch	...	Self
Israel Zalmanson	...	Self
Sylva Zalmanson	...	Self
Yona Zalmanson

Storyline

Leningrad, 1970. A group of young Jewish dissidents plots to hijack an empty plane and escape the USSR. Caught by the KGB a few steps from boarding, they were sentenced to years in the gulag and two were sentenced to death; they never got on a plane. 45 years later, filmmaker Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov reveals the compelling story of her parents, leaders of the group, "heroes" in the West but "terrorists" in Russia, even today.

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Plot Keywords:

kgb | soviet dissidents | hijacking | escape attempt | jewish history | 

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Taglines:

first Leningrad trial, soviet jewry, jewish plane hijacking, soviet dissidents, history of soviet jews

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Genres:

Documentary | History

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was originally titled "Next Year In Jerusalem". But it was changed during editing to "Operation Wedding": OPERATION WEDDING was the code name for the plan, as the group members originally planned on saying they are flying for a local wedding. The plan changed, but the name stuck.

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Israel Latvia

Language:

English Hebrew Russian Spanish

Release Date:

8 December 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mivtza Chatuna

Filming Locations:

Israel

Box Office

Budget:

EUR237,272 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), Sasha Klein Production, National Film Centre of Latvia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

63 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR Stereo

Color:

Color Black and White