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Foreign Prayer
Foreign Prayer

Foreign Prayer

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Nazi-occupied Crimea, 1944. A boy named Itzhak turns to Saide Arifova, a local Tatar Muslim woman, for help, explaining that he and a group of other Jewish orphans are hiding from the Nazis. Arifova faces a moral dilemma: should she try to help them or save herself by refusing? Despite the impending danger, she decides to protect the children by hiding them in plain sight, and disguising them as Tatars and adopting them into the local community.

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Budget

$1185468

Revenue

$24207

Status

Released

Original Language

Ukrainian

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

8.3/10

Release Date

18 May 2017

Country

Georgia

Cast

Liliia Yatsenko

Liliia Yatsenko

Saide Arifova

Akhtem Seitablaiev

Akhtem Seitablaiev

Andrian Zwicker

Andrian Zwicker

Sebastian Anton

Sebastian Anton

Shevket Seydametov

Shevket Seydametov

Elzara Batalova

Elzara Batalova

Serhii Detiuk

Serhii Detiuk

Oleksandr Melnyk

Oleksandr Melnyk

Dmytro Saranskov

Dmytro Saranskov

Serhii Dzialyk

Serhii Dzialyk

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