The Beilis Case (1917)

Ukrainian silent courtroom drama about the trial on charges of Menachem Mendel Beilis in the ritual murder of 12-year-old Andrey Yushchinsky. Menahem Mendel Beilis was a Ukrainian Jew accused of ritual murder in Kyiv, in the then Russian Empire, in a notorious 1913 trial, known as the Beilis trial or Beilis affair.

Released April 24, 1917 90 min None+

Genres: Crime, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.based-on-true-story, tmdb.silent-film, tmdb.1910s, tmdb.partially-lost-film

Production Companies: Svetoten, "Creo" of M. Bystritsky

Country: Russia
Languages: No Language