Operation Wedding (2016)
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- 1h 3min
- Documentary, History
- 08 Dec 2016 (USA)
- Movie
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...
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Anatoly Altman | ... |
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Ruth Bar-On | ... |
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Philipp Bobkov | ... |
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| Oleg Kalugin | ... |
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Edward Kuznetsov | ... |
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Yosef Mendelevitch | ... |
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Israel Zalmanson | ... |
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Sylva Zalmanson | ... |
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Yona Zalmanson |
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Directed by
| Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov | ||
Produced by
| Simone Baumann | ... | co-producer |
| Sasha Klein | ... | producer |
| Brian Lucky Skillen | ... | co-producer |
| Guntis Trekteris | ... | producer |
| Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov | ... | producer |
Music by
| Karlis Auzans | ||
| Didi Erez | ||
Cinematography by
| Mike Bogatyrev | ||
| Israel Freedman | ||
| Franz Koch | ||
| Emmanuelle Mayer | ||
| Daniel Miller | ||
| Itzik Portal | ||
| Kaye Rami | ... | (as Rami Katzav) |
| Scott Sinkler | ||
| David Stragmeister | ||
| Zee Upitis | ... | (as Egons Upitis) |
| Andrejs Verhoustinskis | ||
Editing by
| Bracha Zisman-Cohen | ||
Editorial Department
| Sergio Bezrukoff | ... | colorist |
Sound Department
| Rotem Dror | ... | sound mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Michael Miroshnik | ... | gaffer |
Animation Department
| Armands Blumbergs | ... | animator |
Additional Crew
| Itai Landsberg | ... | Commission Editor IBA documentary department (as Itay Nevo-Lansberg) |
Production Companies
- Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
- Sasha Klein Production
- National Film Centre of Latvia
- Ego Media
- Saxonia Entertainment
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Storyline
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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. Written by Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov |
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| Taglines | first Leningrad trial, soviet jewry, jewish plane hijacking, soviet dissidents, history of soviet jews See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | EUR237,272 (estimated) |
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. See more » |