The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film was based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin. Best known for his folksy didacticism and moralism, Gordin brought the common life of the Lower East Side to the Yiddish stage. With over 100 plays to his credit, ...
An important cultural film expressing the anxieties of Jewish immigrant families to the USA, faced with the younger generation's increasing assimilation into mainstream American society.
Three friends attempt to better their lot through luck or marriage...
The first great Yiddish musical talkie produced in America!
A wayward youth who makes his way from his Polish shtetl to New York's Lower East Side where he is "discovered" and becomes a well-known singer. Ultimately, he returns home to the Old Country and reunites with his parents and his childho...
The original Fiddler on the Roof and a Yiddish movie classic
In the mystical world of the shtetl, comes a heartbreaking and poignant love story based on holy law, spirituality, life, death and the world beyond. This is THE classic Yiddish film of all time.
