SHTTL
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66% Critic Match

SHTTL

6.6 / 10 2023 1h 49mNR Yiddish
DramaWarHistory

Storyline

In one continuous shot, SHTTL shows the lives, loves, and inner conflicts within a Yiddish speaking shtetl on the border between Ukraine and Poland - one day before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

Cast & Crew

Moshe Lobel

Moshe Lobel

Mendele

Lead
Anisia Stasevich

Anisia Stasevich

Yuna

Petro Ninovskyi

Petro Ninovskyi

Demyan

Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek

Rebbe Weitsenzang

Oleksandr Ivanov

Oleksandr Ivanov

Soviet officer

YK

Yurko Kritenko

Shmulke

OY

Oleksandr Yeremenko

Menachem

AM

Antoine Millet

Folie

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ady Walter's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. SHTTL is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker