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Writers:
Peretz Hirschbein (play)
Peretz Hirschbein (adaptation)
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Release Date:
11 October 1937 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A Worthwhile Curio of the Jewish Past more

Cast

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Michael Goldstein ... Levy Yitzchok - 'Levi Yitskhok'
Helen Beverly ... Tzineh - 'Tsine' (as Helen Beverley)
Isidore Cashier ... Duvid Noiach - 'Dovid-Noich' (as Izidor Casher)
Anna Appel ... Rochel - 'Rokhl'
Max Vodnoy ... Alkuneh - 'Elkone'
Lea Noemi ... Gittel - 'Gitl'
Dena Drute ... Stera
Saul Levine ... Hersh-Ber
Herschel Bernardi ... Avram-Yankov - 'Avrom-Yankov' (as Hershel Bernardi)
Aron Ben-Ami ... A Yeshive Bocher
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Grine Felder (USA: Yiddish title) (alternative title (YIVO translation))
Grune Felder (USA: Yiddish title) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
99 min (1981 restoration) | 106 min (copyright length)
Country:
USA
Language:
Yiddish | Hebrew
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Variray Blue Seal Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #01839) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)
Filming Locations:
Newton, New Jersey, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film debut of Herschel Bernardi. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Almonds and Raisins (1984) more
Soundtrack:
Di Nacht more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
A Worthwhile Curio of the Jewish Past, 17 September 2004
Author: mhberest@hotmail.com from Central California

While I saw this film 35 years ago when I was 13, and couldn't understand the parts where Yiddish was spoken without subtitles, I remember it being very enjoyable. It is a comedy and everyone has foibles, including the student, who often is self-important and pompous. I remember him explaining his sensitivity by saying, "I have a Jewish heart." Like everyone else doesn't?

One thing I picked up years later when this was the subject of a TV documentary, was a scene where the young son of the family, played by a very young Hershel Bernardi, invites the student to cross a river, symbolic that by simplifying his life he is, in a sense, crossing the River Jordan.

Not a bad idea, today, either.

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