The Parrot Speaking Yiddish (1990)
About amusing adventures of the young blunderer Yankel during World War II who survives thanks to the sluggishness. The hired legionary he is taken prisoner, will pass across Sicily with the army of allies and it will appear in Indochina. And everywhere he will be accompanied by glory.
Director:
Efraim Sevela
Writer:
Efraim Sevela
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Ramaz Ioseliani as Yankel Lapidus |
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Marina Politseymako as Pani Lapidus |
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Semyon Farada as Chaimovich |
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Avangard Leontyev as Zaremba |
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Algis Matulionis as Kurt |
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Audrius Hadaravičius as politseyskiy |
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Anna Afanasyeva as Karolina |
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Julia Menakerman as devochka |
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Karina Moritts as devushka |
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Vadim Zhuk as muzykant |
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Valdas Mykolas Jatautis as |
| Directing | Efraim Sevela | Director |
| Camera | Vadim Avloshenko | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Feliks Hilevych | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Efraim Sevela | Screenplay |
| Sound | V. Motskus | Sound Engineer |
| Production | Andrei Bortsov | Producer |
| Production | Svetlana Barker | Production Manager |
| Camera | Vladimir Dmitrievskiy | Director of Photography |
| Art | Algirdas Ničius | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | M. Remeikaite | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pavel Orlenko | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Leonid Rozsokha | Production Design |
| Production | Sergey Senin | Producer |
| Sound | Isaac Schwarts | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Efraim Sevela | Novel |
| Editing | Lidiya Milioti | Editor |
| Production | Leonid Konstantinidi | Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Vsevolod Shlemov | Visual Effects Camera |