Overview
In 1930s Poland Christian boy Ivan goes to live with a Jewish family to learn a trade. He becomes friends with Abraham, the son of the family. However, anti-Semitism is rife in their environment, and they flee to escape an upcoming conflict. Journeying together, they demonstrate their inseparability.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden George (1993)
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1995)
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Music
Music by Ghédalia Tazartès
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jean-Marc Fabre
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Yolande ZaubermanWriter
- Original title
- Moi Ivan, toi Abraham
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 26, 1993
- Original language
- Yiddish
- Countries
- Belarus, France
Production
Cast
Vladimir MashkovAaron
Mariya LipkinaRachel
Aleksandr KalyaginMardoche
Rolan BykovNachman
Zinoviy GerdtZalman
Daniel OlbrychskiStepan
Oleg YankovskyPrince
Aleksey Serebryakov
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Oleksiy Horbunov
Valeri Ivchenko- Roma AlexandrovitchAbraham
- Sasha YakovlevIvan
Hélène Lapiower
Lika Kremer
Oleg Dmitriyev
Sergey Russkin
Aleksey Poluyan
Volodymyr Shakalo
Larisa Borodina
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