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Jewish Luck

Original title: Yevreyskoye schastye
  • 19251925
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 40m
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6.2/10
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Yevreyskoye schastye (1925)
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Jewish Luck revolves around Menakhem Mendl (one of Sholem Aleichem's characters), a daydreaming entrepreneur who specializes in doomed strike-it-rich schemes. Despite Jewish oppression in Ts... Read allJewish Luck revolves around Menakhem Mendl (one of Sholem Aleichem's characters), a daydreaming entrepreneur who specializes in doomed strike-it-rich schemes. Despite Jewish oppression in Tsarist Russia, Mendl continues to pursue his dreams and his continued persistence transform... Read allJewish Luck revolves around Menakhem Mendl (one of Sholem Aleichem's characters), a daydreaming entrepreneur who specializes in doomed strike-it-rich schemes. Despite Jewish oppression in Tsarist Russia, Mendl continues to pursue his dreams and his continued persistence transforms him from schlemiel to hero.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
115
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  • Director
    • Alexis Granowsky
  • Writers
    • Sholom Aleichem(novel "Menachem Mendel")
    • Isaak Babel(titles)
    • Grigori Gritscher-Tscherikower
  • Stars
    • Solomon Mikhoels
    • Moisei Goldblat
    • Tamara Adelgeym
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  • Director
    • Alexis Granowsky
  • Writers
    • Sholom Aleichem(novel "Menachem Mendel")
    • Isaak Babel(titles)
    • Grigori Gritscher-Tscherikower
  • Stars
    • Solomon Mikhoels
    • Moisei Goldblat
    • Tamara Adelgeym
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    Solomon Mikhoels
    • Menachim Mendelas Menachim Mendel
    Moisei Goldblat
    • Zalmanas Zalman
    Tamara Adelgeym
    • Belya Kimbachas Belya Kimbach
    S. Epstein
    I. Rogaler
    • Director
      • Alexis Granowsky
    • Writers
      • Sholom Aleichem(novel "Menachem Mendel")
      • Isaak Babel(titles)
      • Grigori Gritscher-Tscherikower
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The final scene of Jidische Glickn was filmed on the Odessa Steps, also known as The Potemkin Steps from the film Bronenosets Potemkin (1925).
    • Connections
      Referenced in Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theater in the Soviet Union (2008)

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    Little masterpiece of Jewish comedy.
    This film was called by one expert as "the greatest Jewish film ever

    made." I am not sure what does this "Jewish film" mean. All films made by the Jews? Films by Mauritz Stiller, Woody Allen, films made in Israel, like "Avanti Popolo"? If it does, it is hard to agree with that opinion. But if the term "Jewish film" concerns movies that presents old Jewish traditions, this little masterpiece is propably the most entertaining and best-made. And far better than "Fiddler on the Roof", the most successful film of this sort.

    Film was made in Soviet Union during the time when government policy still defenced different cultures, and I guess it could not have been made anywhere else in Europe: the atmosphere was too racist. The story has a cunning Jew trying to make a living. In a train he decides to become a match-maker. In a hilarious dream sequence he sees himself "saving the America" (that has too much grooms and no brides) by loading a big steamboat with young Russian brides. The comedy is quite funny. The last, slightly sentimental scene where the Jew walks away from the village alone, reminds me of similar scenes by Charles Chaplin and Jacques Tati.

    For some idiotic reason this film was actually BANNED in Finland in the 20's! Can't understand why, because it has no violence, no sex and no communistic ideas.
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    • petteri-kalliomaki
    • Sep 29, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • 1935 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Menachem Mendel
    • Filming locations
      • Odessa, Ukraine
    • Production company
      • Goskino
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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