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The Vow : Based on a Play by Shalom Ansky (2007)

Szaro, Henryk [Regisseur] ; Lipinski, Stanislaw [Kameramann] ; Turkow, Zygmunt [Schauspieler] ; [et al.]

Waltham : The National Center for Jewish Film

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Language: Yiddish

Pages: 1 DVD-Video (82 Min.) , schwarz-weiß

Year of publication: 2007

Uniform Title: Tkies-kaf

Keywords: DVD-Video

Abstract: Two friends make a sacred pact pledging their newborn children, Rachel and Mendel, in marriage. Years pass, Rachel's father dies, and the two children, knowing nothing of their fathers' pledge, meet for the first time and fall in love. But Mendel's father insists his son study at the Vilna Yeshiva, and Rachel's rich old landlord insists on marrying her. Based on the same legend as S. Ansky's classic play "The Dybbuk" this spirited film offers the divine intervention of Elijah and a happy ending. Made in 1937 on the eve of the Holocaust, "The Vow" captures authentic scenes of Jewish shtetl life, Yiddish love songs, and the clash between tradition and modernity. "The Vow" is one of several films inspired by a seminal Yiddish folktale known as the "Vilna Legend". The classic story of love, fate and mysticism was first filmed a silent movie in 1924 under the aegis of the prominent Warsaw studio owner Leo Forbert. (In 1933, the silent movie was re-released as the sound feature "A Vilna Legend" with added narration and a new scene). The success of that production led Forbert to remake "The Vow" as a sound feature in 1937, reuniting many of the actors from the original film and updating the story to modern Poland. During the same year, "The Dybbuk", another interpretaion of the "Vilna Legend" was also adapted for the screen. "The Vow" is a fascinating, long-overlooked companion piece to "The Dybbuk" and ranks with that film as a vitally important work of Yiddish cinema. [www.nywift.org]

Note: jidd. mit engl. UT

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Mir kumen on (2016)

Ford, Aleksander [Regisseur] ; Lipinski, Stanislaw [Kameramann]

Paris : Lobster Films

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Language: English

Pages: 1 DVD-Video (59 Min.) , schwarz-weiß

Year of publication: 2016

Series Statement: Trésors du cinéma Yiddish

Uniform Title: Mir kumen on

Keywords: DVD-Video

Abstract: Directed by Lodz native Aleksander Ford and financed by the Jewish Labor movement in Poland, "Children Must Laugh" is one of the few surviving documentaries about Jewish life in Poland before WWII. This institutional film was produced to raise funds for the Vladimir Medem Sanitarium which, noted for its modern and spacious facilities, stood as the embodiment of health and enlightenment, in striking contrast to the grim images of urban Polish-Jewish poverty. The sanitarium's theme song, "Mir Kumen On (Here We Come)," punctuates the film with a sense of hope and accomplishment. The Bund's optimistic internationalism, exemplified by the children's endearing performances, permeates the film, creating powerful yet unintended ironies for post-Holocaust audiences. [www.jewishfilm.org]

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Note: We Go On = We Live Again [Nous Continouns] (1946) , poln. & jidd. / UT: engl. ; franz.

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