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Operation "Wedding" (2017)

Genre : Documentary, History

Runtime : 1H 3M

Director : Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov

Synopsis

Leningrad, 1970. A group of young Jewish dissidents plot to hijack an empty plane and escape the USSR. Caught by the KGB a few steps from boarding, they were sentenced to years in the gulag and two were sentenced to death; they never got on a plane. 45 years later, filmmaker Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov reveals the compelling story of her parents, leaders of the group, "heroes" in the West but "terrorists" in Russia, even today.

Actors

Philipp Bobkov
Philipp Bobkov
Himself (KGB)
Oleg Kalugin
Oleg Kalugin
Himself (KGB)
Edward Kuznetsov
Edward Kuznetsov
Himself
Israel Zalmanson
Israel Zalmanson
Himself
Sylva Zalmanson
Sylva Zalmanson
Herself
Yona Zalmanson
Yona Zalmanson

Crews

Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov
Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov
Director
Simone Baumann
Simone Baumann
Co-Producer
Sasha Klein
Sasha Klein
Producer
Guntis Trekteris
Guntis Trekteris
Producer
Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov
Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov
Producer
Kārlis Auzāns
Kārlis Auzāns
Music
Didi Erez
Didi Erez
Music
Mike Bogatyrev
Mike Bogatyrev
Cinematography
Emmanuelle Mayer
Emmanuelle Mayer
Cinematography
Israel Freedman
Israel Freedman
Cinematography
Rami Katzav
Rami Katzav
Cinematography
Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller
Cinematography
Scott Sinkler
Scott Sinkler
Cinematography
Andrejs Verhoustinskis
Andrejs Verhoustinskis
Cinematography
Bracha Zisman-Cohen
Bracha Zisman-Cohen
Editor
Rotem Dror
Rotem Dror
Sound Mixer
Armands Blumbergs
Armands Blumbergs
Animation
David Stragmeister
David Stragmeister
Director of Photography
Egons Upitis
Egons Upitis
Director of Photography
Itzik Portal
Itzik Portal
Director of Photography
Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov
Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov
Writer

Trailers and other movies

OPERATION WEDDING - The escape plan from the USSR!
Trailer: OPERATION WEDDING (my parents & the plane hijacking) / Soviet Jewry Refuseniks

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