Operation Wedding (2016)

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

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)

Trailer

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