(Partisans of Vilna)

Content: This extraordinary film tells the story of the men and women who formed the Jewish partisan movement in Vilna, Lithuania, during World War II. Using rare archival film footage dating from 1939 to 1944 and contemporary interviews with 40 partisan survivors (including Abba Kovner, a founder of the partisan movement and one of Israel's leading poets) the film explores the difficulties of organizing under the anarchic conditions of the ghetto.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

130 minutes

Year:

1986

Directors:

Joshua Waletzky

Production companies:

Ciesla,

NEH

Actors:

Narrator

Himself

Crews:

Director

Director