The Jewish Soul: Classics of Yiddish Cinema (Blu-ray)

Directed by : Joseph Seiden, Aleksander Ford, Edgar G. Ulmer, Maurice Schwartz, Max Nosseck, Michal Wasczyński

Cast : Avrom Morewski, Leo Fuchs, Moyshe Oyster, Maurice Schwartz, Maurice Krohner, Chaim Tauber, Max Badin, Charlotte Goldstein, Michael Rosenberg, Esther Field, Seymour Rechzeit, Fannie Levenstein, Miriam Riselle, Florence Weiss, Judith Abarbanel, Esta Salzman, Ajzyk Samberg

Available Date : 11/24/2020

Release Year : 1935

Running Time : 750

UPC : 738329251482

Country : U.S., Poland

Language: Hebrew, Yiddish, English

Subject : Jewish Cinema & Culture

Genre : Drama, Period Drama, Horror, Religion, Jewish Interest

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Description

Too often segregated within an academic and cultural niche, Yiddish cinema is in fact a varied and vibrant genre ripe for reappraisal. Whether shot in the fields of Poland or makeshift studios in Manhattan, Yidishe Kino endure not only as precious documents of a vanishing culture, but a fascinating genre unto itself, with its unique blend of schmaltz and shtick, a dash of operetta, often overlaid with brooding atmosphere. Restored by Lobster Films, Paris, presented by Kino Lorber, this series showcases careful new translations by Yiddish cultural historian Allen Lewis Rickman, which preserve the clever wordplay and conveys the fluidity of the multi-lingual dialogue.

Ten classics of Yiddish cinema

now available in all-new restorations!

The Dybbuk

American Matchmaker

Her Second Mother

Mir Kumen On

Tevya

Overture to Glory

Eli Eli

Jewish King Lear
Motel, the Operator

Three Daughters

Product Extras :

THE DYBBUK: Audio commentary by J. Hoberman. Alternate 99-minute version

AMERICAN MATCHMAKER: Audio commentary by Eve Sicular. Alternate version with 1940 subtitles

OVERTURE TO GLORY: Audio commentary by Allen Lewis Rickman

TEVYA: Audio commentary by Allen Lewis Rickman

HER SECOND MOTHER: Audio commentary by Allen Lewis Rickman. Alternate version with 1940 subtitles

ELI ELI: Alternate version with 1940 subtitles

Printed booklet including essays by journalist and historian Samuel Blumenfeld, film preservationist Serge Bromberg and Yiddish cultural historian Allen Lewis Rickman

Theatrical trailer.

Publish Date : 2020-10-27

Cast

Joseph Seiden - Director
Aleksander Ford - Director
Edgar G. Ulmer - Director
Maurice Schwartz - Director
Max Nosseck - Director
Michal Wasczyński - Director

Avrom Morewski - Actor
Leo Fuchs - Actor
Moyshe Oyster - Actor
Maurice Schwartz - Actor
Maurice Krohner - Actor
Chaim Tauber - Actor
Max Badin - Actor
Charlotte Goldstein - Actor
Michael Rosenberg - Actor
Esther Field - Actor
Seymour Rechzeit - Actor
Fannie Levenstein - Actor
Miriam Riselle - Actor
Florence Weiss - Actor
Judith Abarbanel - Actor
Esta Salzman - Actor
Ajzyk Samberg - Actor

Reviews

“A deliciously assorted showcase.”

- George Robinson, The New York Jewish Week

“Sure to provoke spirited debate, an essential form of nourishment for the Jewish soul.”

- The Forward

"The most heavily atmospheric and 'artistic' of the Yiddish talkies."

- J. Hoberman on THE DYBBUK in Bridge of Light

"The authentic version of Fiddler on the Roof."

- Allen Lewis Rickman on TEVYA

"Precious and haunting."

- Times of Israel on MIR KUMEN ON

"Think of it as a superior prequel to The Exorcist."

- Time Out on THE DYBBUK

"Arguably the best Yiddish-language film ever made."

- George Robinson on THE DYBBUK in Cine-Journal

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