House of the Generals

Based on a true story. The life of a Ukrainian Jewish girl from the last days of the Russian Czarist regime through the end of WWII and the affects of the political turmoil and Jewish persecution on her and those closest to her. Ukraine amassed thousands of WWII monuments. 600,000 Ukrainian Jews perished as victims of Hitler and Stalin, and half of the Russian losses occurred in Ukraine.

Cast

Farah White

as Liza Kharacter

Michelle Irving

as Gitel Polovoya

Elena Burunova

as Sonya Kharacter

Grant James

as Herschel Kharacter

Jennifer Harris

as Liza Kharacter as a child

Luke Adams

as Don Kharacter

Stephanie Garner

as Ganya Kharacter

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