Motel the Operator (1940)

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88 min - Drama - 15 January 1940 (USA)

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Motl, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions... See full summary »

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Credited cast:
	Chaim Tauber	...	Motel Friedman
	Seymour Rechzeit	...	Jacob 'Jack' Rosenwald
	Yetta Zwerling	...	Chane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin
	Jacob Zanger	...	Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin
	Maurice Kroner	...	Benjamin Rosenwald
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Izidor Frankel	...	The Boss
	Berthe Hart	...	Rebecca Rosenwald
	Gertrude Krause	...	Ruth Frumkin
	Malvina Rappel	...	Esta Friedman
	Herman Rosen
	Joseph Schoengold
	Leibelei Waldman	...	The Cantor

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Motl, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide. Written by Anonymous

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