It Will Never Happen Again (1951)
"Unzere Kinder" (original title)

In this, Poland's last Yiddish feature film, comedy duo Dzigan and Shumacher play all the parts in a Sholem Aleichem story staged for an audience of children who survived the Holocaust.

Director:

Natan Gross

Writers:

Sholom Aleichem (play), Rachel Auerbach (dialogue),

Stars:

Shimen Dzigan, Ysrael Szumacher, Niusia Gold

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shimen Dzigan	...	Dzigan
Ysrael Szumacher	...	Schumacher
Niusia Gold	...	Orphanage Directress
Nathan Meisler	...	Teacher (as N. Majzler)
Hadasa Kestin	...	Teacher (as H. Kestin)
Israel Glanz	...	Konferansjer (as I. Glanz)
Luba Majzler	...	Cook
S. Goldbrenner	...	Orphanage Child
Szymon Redlich	...	Orphanage Child (as S. Redlich)
B. Grinspan	...	Orphanage Child
Eliasz Zalkind	...	Orphanage Child (as E. Zalkind)
M. Tauman	...	Orphanage Child
S. Koczer	...	Orphanage Child
I. Greenberg	...	Orphanage Child
C. Pretter	...	Orphanage Child

Storyline

This semi-documentary film (and Poland's last Yiddish feature) features the comedy duo Szymon Dzigan and Israel Shumacher who had recently returned from the Soviet Union, and Jewish children who had survived the Holocaust. Directed on location at at the JDC-supported Helenowek Colony, an orphanage/school near Lodz, this film includes Dzigan and Shumacher's virtuoso turn as all the characters in Sholem Aleichem's Kasrilevke Brent (Kasrilevke is Burning), and an exchange of roles where they become the children's audience. Reversals continue during the performers' visit to the children's residence, as the children teach adults about the healing possibilities of music, dance and storytelling.

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Plot Keywords:

yiddish | jewish

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Poland

Language:

Yiddish

Release Date:

23 April 1952 (France)

Also Known As:

Our Children

Company Credits

Production Co:

Spóldzielnia Kinor

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Toybn shteyen oyf mayn fendter"
Music by Shaul Berezowski

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