The Return of Nathan Becker (1932)
- Original title
- Возвращение Нейтана Беккера
- Directed by
- Rashel Milman-Krimmer
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Jewish bricklayer returns to the Soviet Union after 28 years in America. He enters a work contest against a Soviet bricklayer and loses, but comes to appreciate life in the Soviet Union.
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What happens
The Return of Nathan Becker (Russian: Возвращение Нейтана Беккера, romanized: Vozvrashchenie Neytana Bekkera) is a 1932 Soviet drama film directed and written by Rachel Milman-Creamer and Boris Shpis. It is a Soviet film telling the story of a Jew who returns after 28 years in America. A bricklayer by trade, he ends up in a contest with his Soviet counterpart. Becker loses, but learns more about the “warm and welcoming” way of life in the Soviet Union. Notable mostly for the performance of Solomon Mikhoels, one of the leading lights of Moscow State Jewish Theatre, and for being the only Soviet film ever shot in both Russian and Yiddish. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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