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The movie of Russian director Kay Ganzen was made in 1910 according to the story of a Jewish folk song. Rohele’s parents give her in marriage to rich man Mates, but she loves poor man Shlomo. Two years later Rohele has a baby but she cannot forget Shlomo and runs away to him, leaving her husband behind. Mates begins to drink heavily. Years later a woman and a little girl come to drunkard Mates and ask for some water. After they left, Mates found a note that said it was Rohele who wanted her daughter to see her father.

Film of Mikhail Breshko-Breshkovsky, Russian writer and author of sensational novels, was made in 1917.

The film tells about how biased was preparation for an anti-Jewish legal proceeding and what dirty tricks were used to forge accusation against an innocent person. Three parts of the film have been preserved.

Film of director Alexander Granovsky was made in 1925 on Sholom Aleichem’s stories united by their main character – Menachem Mendel. In search of his daily bread, Mendel tries different occupations but fails in everything. Finally Mendel comes up with an interesting idea of becoming a matchmaker. He promises to find a rich husband for the daughter of rich man Kimbak. On the wedding day it turns out that Mendel has become a victim of a misunderstanding and found for Kimbak’s daughter not a man, but a woman.

This movie is one of the first moral-ethic dramas. Doctors’ diagnosis turns the happy life of Sarah and Isaac upside down. According to the Jewish religious law that requires a childless couple to divorce, Isaac is forced to divorce Sarah. He cannot bear the separation and commits suicide. A short time later Sarah realizes that she is pregnant. But it cannot extinguish her grief for her husband.

The Second World War. A small Ukrainian village. The family of old worker Taras remains in the occupied territory. Taras is confident that the coming of the Germans will not influence his family. But Taras and other workers are summoned to the exchange and are forced to work for the Nazi. Taras is able to rescue a young granddaughter of doctor Aron Davidovich.

The film of director Mark Donskoy was made in 1945.

The documentary film of Abram Room tells of the attempt at creation of a colony of Jewish farmers in 1920-s in Crimea. This film is the only proof of the existence of Jewish settlements in Crimea.

The end of the 1920-s. A Jewish girl Dorah falls in love with a Russian boy. This causes her mother’s anger because her mother follows the religious traditions. The girl moves in with her boyfriend but in his family she runs across the same obstacles. Finally, Dorah’s husband gets under the influence of his parents. This leads to the civil court proceedings against the Komsomol member Vasily. Dorah defends her husband.

The film was made according to Sholom Aleichem’s story “Bloody Flow” that tells about Jewish participation in the Revolution of 1905.

Masha, a daughter of a poor man, when to study to St. Petersburg. There she got involved in religious activities. For participation in an attack on the police Masha and her friends are sentenced to death penalty. Upon hearing this terrible news Masha’s father loses his mind.

In order to distract people from the influence of the Revolution, the police and the “Black Hundred” make a Jewish pogrom. The film was preserved in five parts.

The film of Vladimir Vilner was made according to Odessa stories of Isaac Babel. The story concentrates on the character of Benya Krik, the leader of a gang that harassed Odessa before the Revolution. During the Civil War the gang acted “Red” and continued to plunder people. Commissar Sobkov was sent into the gang and he finally was able to destroy Benya Krik.

The film of Alexander Solovyov.

The gang of Petlura captured a village. The gang commander threatens to kill everyone if people don’t give them five hostage girls in wedding dresses. Under the pressure of the rich Jews fathers give away their daughters to the drunken officers. Fortunately, a detachment of partisans comes in and frees the village.

1930-s. The family of old Dvoira moves to Birobidjan and joins a collective farm. Only Dvoira’s son-in-law, Pinya Kofman, does not want to work like everybody else. He dreams of getting rich and moving to live abroad. But the gold sand that he found with so much hard work turns out to be a pile of ordinary metal while Pinya gets arrested by NKVD at his attempt at crossing the border. Dvoira and her children continue to happily live on the collective farm.

The story takes place in Poland in the 1920-s. Young aristocratic officer Conrad Zvolinsky falls in love with a Jewish girl Lea from a poor family. Conrad’s choice causes a wave of protest in the society. Lea and Conrad get forcefully involved in a provocation. They are accused of high treason and are sentenced to death. Although the president changes the sentence to an exile, the young people are unable to get free.

31930-s. The family of old Dvoira moves to Birobidjan and joins a collective farm. Only Dvoira’s son-in-law, Pinya Kofman, does not want to work like everybody else. He dreams of getting rich and moving to live abroad. But the gold sand that he found with so much hard work turns out to be a pile of ordinary metal while Pinya gets arrested by NKVD at his attempt at crossing the border. Dvoira and her children continue to happily live on the collective farm.