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The Last Jew (0+)

Russia, 2003, colour, 26 min.
Director: Boris Karadzhev
At first sight, the village of Ilyino of the Tver Province is the same as many other villages around. But according to history, it was built more than 150 years ago by the Jewish followers of Khasid dogmas. Over 3,000 Jews lived here before World War II. In the Autumn of 1941, the place was occupied by the Nazy. Those who failed to escape became prisoners of ghetto organised by the Germans in the village. The only survivor of the past still lives in Illyino. Alexander Karpenko, the last Jew…

Boris Karadzhev

Boris Karadzhev

was born in Perm. He graduated from Perm State University and VGIK. He started his professional carrier at Perm television studio. During many years he collabprated as an author and director with various Film Studios and TV companies, took part in creation of over 60 films, as well as in a number of international projects. Between 2001-2006 he was the editor-in-chief of Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films (RCSDF). From 2002 he is a teacher at the documentary film directing class at VGIK.

FILMOGRAPHY

Selected filmography: «Skvorets» (The Starling), 2001; «The Courier of Words», 2002; «General’s captivity», 2002; «Maya Plisetskaya», 2003; «The Last Jew», 2003; «Let There Be Light!», 2003; «By The Walls Of «Moscow», 2004; «All our life is Sots Art», 2004; «The Banks of Rhine», 2005; «New Year Will Come Soon», 2006; «Unnatural Selection», 2006; «We Shall Build Our New Myth…», 2007; «Современники», 2007; «Composing Space», 2008; «Hubert in The Wonderland», 2009; «Modifiers of Time and Place», 2010; «On the Alleys of Central Park», 2011; «Evakuatsionnyy roman» (Evacuation romance), 2011; «Menu of 1945», 2012; «Writer «P». A Trial of Identification», 2013; «The Vicissitudes of Translation», 2014; «Throught the haze…», 2014.
Russia, 2003, colour, 26 min.
Director: Boris Karadzhev
At first sight, the village of Ilyino of the Tver Province is the same as many other villages around. But according to history, it was built more than 150 years ago by the Jewish followers of Khasid dogmas. Over 3,000 Jews lived here before World War II. In the Autumn of 1941, the place was occupied by the Nazy. Those who failed to escape became prisoners of ghetto organised by the Germans in the village. The only survivor of the past still lives in Illyino. Alexander Karpenko, the last Jew…