Table of contents

  • About the film
  • Plot summary
  • Swedish censorship / rating
  • Technical specifications
  • Comments
  • Original work
  • Production location
  • Release dates
  • Soundtrack listing
  • Awards
  • Related films
  • Subjects
  • Holdings Film
  • Holdings Posters
  • Holdings Archive materials
  • Holdings Scripts
  • Holdings Stills
  • Holdings Promotion materials
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Original title Dybbuk
Film type Short
Category Fiction
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Plot summary

Every year thousands of orthodox Jews travel to Uman in the Ukraine to pray at the grave of their spiritual leader. But can these two cultures - Jewish and Ukrainian – coexist in a...

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Companies

Production Company Eureka Media
Co-Production Company Momento Film AB
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet

Plot summary

Every year thousands of orthodox Jews travel to Uman in the Ukraine to pray at the grave of their spiritual leader. But can these two cultures - Jewish and Ukrainian – coexist in a country where 250 years ago the Cossacks murdered 20,000 Jews? Can the teachings of Rebbe Nachman bring these old enemies closer together?

Release dates

Festival showing 2016-02-03 Biopalatset 5 Gothenburg Sweden 90 min 39:e Göteborg International Film Festival.

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

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