5-part Television Mini-Series
(Based on the unbelievable epic true story of the most famous Jewish comic duo of the 20th century.)
Shimon Dzigan and Israel Schumacher were born in the Polish city of Lodz in the early 1900’s. Their epic story takes them from the biggest stages in the world, from Europe to South America to WWII, to being miraculously reunited inside a Gulag and then escaping together. Remembered as the biggest Jewish comic duo of the 20th century, this period-piece will be shot in Poland, Russia and Israel.
“Humor is such a serious business that it can make you laugh.”