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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1012

Jews on Land

192717 minSoviet Union

Synopsis

Jewish settlers cultivate land, establish communities and carry out everyday work in the Black Sea region and Crimea. The film presents their agricultural lives as a collective project, emphasizing cooperation and the possibilities of a new social arrangement.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 17:54
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · «Совкино» · Public domain

DirectorsAbram Room

Historical context

Produced for the Soviet organization OZET, the documentary formed part of a campaign against antisemitism and in support of Jewish agricultural settlement. Its images are also political advocacy, shaped by the state's preferred account of the experiment.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.

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