The Man Without a World
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...
The Man Without a World
May 28, 1991
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Cast (4)
Crew (8)
Directing
Eleanor Antin
Director
Writing
Eleanor Antin
Writer
Production
Eleanor Antin
Producer
Lynn Burstan
Producer
Sound
Lee Erwin
Music
Charles Morrow
Music
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Richard Wango
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
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Lynn Burstan
Editor