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Shttl

Play trailer Poster for Shttl 2025,  1h 49m,  History/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 88% 8 Reviews Tomatometer - - Popcornmeter
88% Tomatometer 8 Reviews Popcornmeter
A filmmaker returns from Kyiv to his rural village to marry the love of his life. He is expected to marry the Rabbi's daughter, which disrupts the balance of the whole town. In one unflinching shot, this film presents a day in the life of a Jewish village before it disappears. SHTTL is the story of the inhabitants of a Yiddish Ukrainian village at the border of Poland, 24 hours before the Nazi invasion, known as Operation Barbarossa. Today, there are no such villages in existence; the production fully reconstructed a traditional 'Shtetl' outside of Kyiv, which is planned to be turned into a museum.

Critics Reviews

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Simi Horwitz The Forward Jan 16, 2026
3/4
At its core, the film explores Jewish identity, unity and survival. Go to Full Review
Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Dec 1, 2025
5/5
SHTTL is a striking achievement. Go to Full Review
Joshua Polanski Boston Hassle Jul 7, 2024
I doubt there is another film with quite the same chutzpah. Go to Full Review
Joonatan Itkonen Region Free Jul 3, 2024
5/5
Profound in its simplicity, eloquent in its complexity. SHTTL stands alongside other great works about our recent history, bringing to mind the humanism of Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. Go to Full Review
Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine May 30, 2023
Too much of what Walter wants to accomplish feels like a stunt. You can almost hear the filmmaker say to himself, “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.” Go to Full Review
Barry Levitt Slashfilm Apr 18, 2023
10/10
A Towering, Single-Take Masterpiece Of The Lives We've Lost. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Ady Walter

Director

Moshe Lobel

Mendele

Antoine Millet

Actor

Saul Rubinek

Rabbi

Anisia Stasevich

Yuna

Petro Ninovskyi

Demyan

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Shttl

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Movie Info

Synopsis A filmmaker returns from Kyiv to his rural village to marry the love of his life. He is expected to marry the Rabbi's daughter, which disrupts the balance of the whole town. In one unflinching shot, this film presents a day in the life of a Jewish village before it disappears. SHTTL is the story of the inhabitants of a Yiddish Ukrainian village at the border of Poland, 24 hours before the Nazi invasion, known as Operation Barbarossa. Today, there are no such villages in existence; the production fully reconstructed a traditional 'Shtetl' outside of Kyiv, which is planned to be turned into a museum.
Director
Ady Walter
Producer
Jean-Charles Levy, Olias Barco, Vlad Riashyn
Screenwriter
Ady Walter
Distributor
Menemsha Films
Production Co
Star Media UA, Forecast Pictures, Wild Tribe Films, Goldrush Entertainment, UPHub
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
Yiddish
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 25, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 49m
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