The Oppenheim Family (1939)

Original title

Семья Оппенгейм

Directed by

Grigori Roshal

Genre

drama film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

8.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a Jewish family in Nazi Germany as they face increasing persecution and discrimination. It shows how their lives are disrupted by the rising anti-Semitic policies of the 1930s.

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What happens

The Oppenheim Family (Russian: Семья Оппенгейм, romanized: Semja Oppengejm) is a 1938 (released in May 1939 in the USA) Soviet drama film, directed by Grigori Roshal. One of the earliest film directly dealing with the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany, it is based on The Oppermanns, a 1933 novel by Lion Feuchtwanger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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