Backdrop for Seekers of Happiness
Poster for Seekers of Happiness

Seekers of Happiness

(1936)

September 25, 1936 1h 24m
68%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Vladimir Korsh

Director

Top Billed Cast

MB

Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina

Dvoira

VZ

Venyamin Zuskin

Pinya Kopman

LS

Lyubov Shmidt

Rosa

LT

Lyudmila Tayts

Basya Kopman

AK

Aleksandr Karev

Natan

SY

Sergei Yarov

Kornei

BZ

Boris Zhukovsky

Kornei's Father

IB

Iona Biy-Brodskiy

Shlyoma Petrovich

NV

Nikolai Valyano

Lyova (uncredited)

AM

Aleksandr Melnikov

Solomon (uncredited)