Tkies khaf (1924)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Adam Domb	...	Chaim Kronenberg
	Ester Rachel Kaminska	...	Mrs. Kronenberg
	Ida Kaminska	...	Rachel Kronenberg - daughter
	Mojzesz Lipman	...	Berek Mandel
	Henryk Tarlo	...	Jankiel Mandel - Berek's son
	Wladyslaw Godik	...	Jankiel's friend
	David Lederman	...	Marriage broker (as Dawid Lederman)
	Samuel Landau	...	Spekulant swietoszek
	Lev Mogliov	...	Szmuel Lewin - the Boy
	Jonas Turkow	...	Yeshiva student
	Zygmunt Turkow	...	The Prophet Elijah
	Simche Balanoff	...	Jacob Mandel - the Playboy
	Sonia Altbaum
	Diana Blumenfeld
	Herman Fenigsztejn

Storyline

Few reminders are left of the vibrant Yiddish theatrical world that flourished in Warsaw in the 1920s. This film is one of them. Jewish producers were preeminent in the interwar Polish film industry but, due to the pervasive antisemitism of the early '20s, they shied away from films dealing with Jewish themes. It was not until 1924 that amateurs, Henryk Bojm and Leo Forbert, adapted a Peretz Hirshbein play for the screen. Ambitiously mounted, professionally cast, it was one of the most successful Jewish cinematic efforts undertaken up to that time. In 1933, a group of New York Yiddish actors decided to give the original 1924 gem a new lease on life. They added a narration and several new scenes (those in the tavern) which gave dramatic justification to the narrative form. A precursor to the 1937 classic, The Dybbuk, A Vilna Legend features the same classic tale of frustrated love and destiny and the breaking/fulfillment of vows... Written by National Center for Jewish Film  

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