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How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire

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Dan Edelstyn tracks down his lost Jewish Ukrainian heritage and attempts to relaunch his great-grandfather's once-glorious vodka empire.

Critics Reviews

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Mark Feeney Boston Globe 02/27/2013
1.5/4
Too many of the scenes here - a busted elevator, walking an elderly dog - seem included because Edelstyn didn't have any sense of structure or, worse, what exactly he was after. Go to Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times 03/19/2012
4/5
How to Re-establish a Vodka Empire unfolds as a travelogue, a memoir, a historical recreation, and a detective story. Go to Full Review Xan Brooks Guardian 03/15/2012
2/5
A glorified sales presentation with one eye on the Waitrose deal. I didn't buy it. Go to Full Review Sophie Kingston-Smith CineVue 01/03/2019
3/5
Guaranteed to induce the warm afterglow of vodka and the sporadic giggles that follow. Go to Full Review Gerald Peary Boston Phoenix 02/21/2013
2.5/4
[It's] a bit much for one film, and it's no help that the filmmaker-narrator is a lightweight and befuddled chap. Still, there are amusing moments ... Go to Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) 03/18/2012
A slight, touching film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/16/2012 Heartwarming, inspiring and funny. See more 03/15/2012 Thought his sounded fun at the BFI London Film Festival last year but felt it was a self-indulgent, unappealing load of tosh from someone who needed a film and then got the idea. Does for the Ukraine what Borat did for Kazakhstan but without the humour. A rare Festival disappointment. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Daniel Edelstyn

Director

Conrad Asquith

Great Grandfather Ilya Zorokovich

Anthony Styles

Evil Bolshevik Stepanovich

Daniel Edelstyn

Grandpa Max

Hilary Powell

Granny Maroussia

Daniel Edelstyn

Screenwriter
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Movie Info

Synopsis Dan Edelstyn tracks down his lost Jewish Ukrainian heritage and attempts to relaunch his great-grandfather's once-glorious vodka empire.
Director
Daniel Edelstyn
Producer
Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell
Screenwriter
Daniel Edelstyn
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2019
Runtime
1h 15m