The Man Without a World (1991)

The Man Without a World

The Man Without a World is credited to the legendary (and imaginary) 1920s Soviet director, Yevgeny Antinov. But the film is anything but old. In fact, Antinov himself is the creation of contemporary filmmaker Eleanor Antin. Her film is a moving, comic melodrama set in a typical shtetl (village) in Poland. The Jews’ struggle against poverty and racial hatred is complicated by their own division into hostile political factions of the religious orthodoxy, assimilationists, socialists, Zionists, anarchists and survivors. While the Jews of the shtetl pursue their loves, politics, religion, business and dreams for the future, the Angel of Death is ever near...

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Pier Marton
as Zevi

Christine Berry
as Rukheleh

Anna Henriques
as Sooreleh

Eleanor Antin
as Ballerina

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Eleanor Antin
Director

Eleanor Antin
Writer

Eleanor Antin
Producer

Lynn Burstan
Producer

Richard Wango
Director of Photography

Lynn Burstan
Editor

Lee Erwin
Music

Charles Morrow
Music

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