Movie
The Man Without a World
“One of the most unusual, artistic and fantastic films of the American Indie history. There is nothing else like it!”
2.0/10
1991
1h 38m
en
Drama
Overview
The Man Without a World is credited to the legendary (and imaginary) 1920s Soviet director, Yevgeny Antinov. But the film is anything but old. In fact, Antinov himself is the creation of contemporary filmmaker Eleanor Antin. Her film is a moving, comic melodrama set in a typical shtetl (village) in Poland. The Jews’ struggle against poverty and racial hatred is complicated by their own division into hostile political factions of the religious orthodoxy, assimilationists, socialists, Zionists, anarchists and survivors. While the Jews of the shtetl pursue their loves, politics, religion, business and dreams for the future, the Angel of Death is ever near...
Director
Eleanor Antin
Writers
Eleanor Antin
Movie Information
Release Date
May 28, 1991
Runtime
1h 38m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
2