Seekers of Happiness

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Vladimir Korsh

Status Released

Release Date 1936-09-25

Storyline

During the 1920s, many impoverished Jews searching for a better life made their way to Birobidzhan, the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region on the Chinese border. This melodrama tells the story of a Jewish family's immigration to Birobidzhan and their experiences as settlers on a collective farm in the area.