Play about Charlie Chaplin premieres
Two, by Dmitry Krymov, reimagines the meeting between Chaplin and anti-fascist campaigner Solomon Mikhoel in 1943
Solomon Mikhoels right met Albert Einstein and Itzik Feffer in 1943
A play about how Charlie Chaplin met Soviet Jewish actor and anti-fascist campaigner Solomon Mikhoels in 1943 has premiered in Moscow.
Two, by Dmitry Krymov, reimagines the meeting between Chaplin and Mikhoels that took place at the Museum of Moscow, the director describing the American as “the great comedian” and Mikhoels as “the great tragedian”.
Mikhoels met the silent movie screen star as well as renowned physicist Albert Einstein and esteemed Soviet Jewish poet Itzik Feffer while raising money from wealthy Jewish donors to fight Nazism.
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