Get Thee Out

Get Thee Out (1991)

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In Russia at the turn of the century, a wealthy Jewish merchant enjoys the best of relations with his Russian neighbours, while his respected home forms the obvious social centre of the entire community. However, the atmosphere grows more tense as the local authorities come under pressure to fall in line with the officially sanctioned anti-Semitic policies of the Tsarist Government. The village elder is one of our hero's best friends and together they seem to find a way to outwit these evil intentions but unfortunately they fail to understand what forces they are dealing with in a country where anti-Semitism is state policy.

Date of release
1991-09-11
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Dmitriy Astrakhan

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Get Thee Out is a 1991 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Dmitry Astrakhan. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Production

Making his debut in cinema, the young theater director from Leningrad Dmitry Astrakhan, along with his permanent co-author playwright Oleg Danilov, turned to the Jewish theme, which was as popular in the late 1980s as the Stalinist theme. According to Astrakhan's recollections, he was allocated 100,000 rubles for a movie worth a million rubles at the prices of that time on Lenfilm.

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