Pages:
76 Min.
,
s/w
Keywords:
Stummfilm
;
Stetl
Abstract:
Director Grigori Gricher-Cherikover leavens pathos with humor in this earthy portrait of pre-revolutionary shtetl life based on the Sholem Aleichem stories "Motl Peysi" and "The Enchanted Tailor." In the film, Motl's father dies, leaving him to survive on his own in a changing world while the tailor Shimen-Elye buys a she-goat which mysteriously changes gender each time its new owner stops at the inn between Kozodoyevka, where he purchased the creature. In accord with Soviet official policies against anti-semitism (which were always at odds with prevailing popular sentiments), Gricher-Cherikover emphasizes the poverty and repression of Jews under Tsarist rule. He celebrates his actors, particularly child actor Moshele Silberman̶drawn from the Moscow Art Theater̶through close attention to facial expression and gesture. Darst.: J. K. Kovenberg, A. D. Goricheva, B. Silberman, D. Cantor ...
Note:
engl. Untertitel
,
Stummfilm, Moskau, 1928
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Nur für den internen Gebrauch.
URL:
http://www.brandeis.edu/jewishfilm/Catalogue/films/Laughter.htm
