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Tag Archives: Yiddish
Brussels Transit / Bruxelles-transit (1981) Samy Szlingerbaum, Hélène Lapiower, Boris Lehman, Jeremy Wald
Fictional re-enactments about the early years in Belgium of the director’s parents Read More »
The Singing Blacksmith (1938) Edgar G. Ulmer, Ben-Zvi Baratoff, Moyshe Oysher, Miriam Riselle, Florence Weiss
Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version Read More »
The Light Ahead (1939) Henry Felt, Edgar G. Ulmer, David Opatoshu, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier
Impoverished and disabled lovers Fishke and Hodel dream of life in the big city of Odessa Read More »
Long Is the Road / Lang ist der Weg (1948) Herbert B. Fredersdorf, Marek Goldstein, Israel Becker, Bettina Moissi, Berta Litwina
Written by Israel Becker, this is the first feature film to represent Read More »
Green Fields (1937) Jacob Ben-Ami, Edgar G. Ulmer, Michael Gorrin, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier
Ulmer’s soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein’s classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. Read More »
American Matchmaker (1940) Edgar G. Ulmer, Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky
Nat Silver has been engaged 7 times already. This time, his 8th, he’s really going to get married. Read More »
Mr. Kaplan (2014) Álvaro Brechner, Héctor Noguera, Néstor Guzzini, Rolf Becker, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
After fleeing Europe for Uruguay during WWII, Jacob Kaplan built a quiet life. Now 76, he begins to question his worth. Read More »
Yiddle With His Fiddle (1936) Joseph Green, Jan Nowina-Przybylski, Molly Picon, Max Bozyk, Leon Liebgold, Comedy, Musical, Romance
This is the timeless folk humor about a guy and his daughter that, penniless, decide to become travel musicians. Read More »
Der Dibuk / The Dybbuk (1937) Michal Waszynski, Avrom Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Drama, Fantasy
In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Read More »