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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1641

The Life of the Jews in Palestine

191358 minRussian Empire

Synopsis

The camera visits Jewish communities in Ottoman Palestine, recording work, teaching, settlements and public figures. Landscapes and everyday activity form a portrait shaped by the filmmakers' interest in Jewish immigration.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 58:21
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 · Noah Sokolovsky · Public domain

DirectorsNoah Sokolovsky

Historical context

Produced by an Odessa society and first shown at the 1913 Zionist Congress, the film advocated the Zionist project. Contemporary criticism challenged its omission of local Arab communities, a limitation relevant to reading its images.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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