Operation "Wedding" (2017)
Operācija "Kāzas"
Leningrad, 1970. A group of young Jewish dissidents plot 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.
- Date of release
- 2017-10-19
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 3m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Director
- Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov
Casting
- Philipp Bobkov — Himself (KGB)
- Oleg Kalugin — Himself (KGB)
- Edward Kuznetsov — Himself
- Israel Zalmanson — Himself
- Sylva Zalmanson — Herself
- Yona Zalmanson
Interesting facts
- Budget: €237.3K
Operation Wedding is a documentary film about the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair, an unsuccessful escape attempt from the Soviet Union by a group of young Soviet, mostly Jewish, who were denied exit visas. The documentary is told from a personal point of view of the filmmaker, Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov, daughter of group members: Eduard Kuznetsov and Sylva Zalmanson.
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