Papa
A 2004 wartime drama of a Jewish merchant and his violinist son, from Misha Zilberman's filmography.
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2004 · Directed by Vladimir Mashkov
About the film
From the late 1920s to the Second World War: Abram Shvartz, a Jewish merchant in the Ukrainian town of Tulchin, and his son David, who grows into a gifted violinist at the Moscow Conservatory and drifts from his father as he moves in the capital's more polished circles. Abram is killed by the Nazis in the Tulchin ghetto; wounded and facing the loss of his playing hand, David is visited by his father's memory in a fevered dream, and comes to understand him anew. The film closes with a dedication: "To our fathers."
Part of Misha Zilberman's filmography, gathered by the Zilberman Film Foundation.