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...
Pier Marton
Zevi
Christine Berry
Rukheleh
Anna Henriques
Sooreleh

Eleanor Antin
Ballerina

The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Show Boy
Show Boy

The Most Obedient
The Most Obedient

The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others

Solaris
Solaris

Citizen X
Citizen X

Hasan Arbakesh
Hasan Arbakesh

Three Days of Viktor Chernyshyov
Three Days of Viktor Chernyshyov

Only Three Nights
Only Three Nights

On Distant Shores
On Distant Shores

Soft Targets
Soft Targets