Underplayed Gems

Operation Wedding (2016)

Operation Wedding poster
Original title
Operācija "Kāzas"
Directed by
Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov
Genre
documentary film, historical film
Country
Israel, Latvia, United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A filmmaker tells the story of her parents and others who tried to escape the Soviet Union by hijacking a plane. The documentary explores their failed attempt and its consequences through a family lens.

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What happens

Operation Wedding is a documentary film about the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair, an unsuccessful escape attempt from the Soviet Union by a group of young Soviet, mostly Jewish, who were denied exit visas. The documentary is told from a personal point of view of the filmmaker, Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov, daughter of group members: Eduard Kuznetsov and Sylva Zalmanson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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