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Kol Nidre (2013)

Seiden, Joseph [Regisseur] ; Malkames, Don [Kameramann] ; Liliana, Lili [Schauspieler] ; [et al.]

Waltham : The National Center for Jewish Film

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Language: Yiddish

Pages: 1 DVD-Video (88 Min.) , schwarz-weiß

Year of publication: 2013

Uniform Title: Kol Nidre

Keywords: DVD-Video

Abstract: A bissel of this, a bissel of that, "Kol Nidre" has a little bit of everything, combining family melodrama and romance with popular songs, cantorial music and comic bits in an inventive pastiche of themes and styles. The film stars Lili Liliana & Leon Liebgold, the husband and wife Polish actors from "The Dybbuk", comedienne Yetta Zwerling, "Motl the Operator" star Chaim Tauber, and entertainer Cantor Leibele Waldman, with music by Sholem Secunda. Long lost, "Kol Nidre" has been restored with new English subtitles, using the sole surviving 35mm nitrate print. [jewishfilm.org]

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Love and Sacrifice : Based on a Novel by Isidore Zolotarefsky (2008)

Roland, George [Regisseur] ; Freeman, Joseph [Kameramann] ; Kleinerman, Irving [Kameramann] ; [et al.]

Waltham : The National Center for Jewish Film

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Language: Yiddish

Pages: 1 DVD-Video (73 Min.) , schwarz-weiß

Year of publication: 2008

Uniform Title: Libe und laydnshaft

Keywords: DVD-Video

Abstract: Based on the novel "Love and Passion" by Isidore Zolotarefsky "Love and Sacrifice" is a prime example of "shund", the melodramatic theatrical escapist entertainment of the Yiddish theater. It opened at the Clinton Theater April 7, 1936 and was held over three weeks as the most popular Yiddish movie the Clinton had shown to date. Produced by Joseph Seiden over two days in a loft in New York City on a miniscule budget, this tale of a middle-class matron who shoots the man who compromises her was a tremendous success. The story of a long-suffering mother who goes to prison for shooting a would-be suitor employs many archetypes of Yiddish theater. From the conflict between the sacrificing mother and the homewrecking schemer, to the reunion of parent and child at a celebratory wedding the film provides a classic example of the Yiddish-American cinema. [jewishfilm.org]

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A Vilna Legend : Based on a Play by Peretz Hirschbein (2007)

Roland, George [Regisseur] ; Turkow, Zygmunt [Regisseur] ; Steinwurzel, Seweryn [Kameramann] ; [et al.]

Waltham : The National Center for Jewish Film

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Language: Yiddish

Pages: 1 DVD-Video (60 Min.) , schwarz-weiß

Year of publication: 2007

Uniform Title: Dem rebns koyekh

Keywords: DVD-Video

Abstract: "A Vilna Legend" features the classic tale of frustrated love. A yeshiva student and an orphan girl who are deeply in love face eternal separation even though their parents promised them to each other before birth. Only the prophet Elijah's miraculous intervention allows their parents to fulfill their vow and the couple their love. The film is a unique glimpse into the vibrant Yiddish theatre and cinema of the 1920s. Originally a silent film (1924), the film was re-cut by New York Yiddish actors in 1932, directed by George Roland, with added narration and new scenes which gave the narrative a more dramatic form. The film features Yiddish star Ester-Rokhl Kaminska, in her only screen performance, along with her daughter, Ida Kaminska. [www.nywift.org]

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God, Man and Devil : Based on a Play by Jacob Gordin (2006)

Seiden, Joseph [Regisseur] ; Seiden, Harold [Kameramann] ; Michalesko, Michal [Schauspieler] ; [et al.]

Waltham : The National Center for Jewish Film

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Language: Yiddish

Pages: 1 DVD-Video (101 Min.) , schwarz-weiß

Year of publication: 2006

Uniform Title: Got, Mentsch un Taybl

Keywords: DVD-Video

Abstract: A wager between God and Satan has dire consequences in this allegory based on the play by Jacob Gordin about the material world's false promises. Beware when money sounds sweeter than music, it cautions; those who win lotteries stand to lose all, including their spiritual treasures, families, communities and religion. Poor, pious Torah scribe Hershele Dubrovner has a life that glorifies God until Satan, disguised as a business partner, turns him into a greedy, dishonest factory owner whose success desecrates both his religion and his community. Betrayal and abandonment replace serenity and familiarity; the instruments of good fortune become instruments of death. Not even music, previously Hershele's joy, can heal these rifts. If the character of Hershele Dubrovner reminds some of Faust and others of Job, its no coincidence as "God, Man and Devil" combines elements of both stories. The wager at the center of the story is that for all his piety, the scribe can be corrupted - not by suffering (as in Job's case) or by the temptation of wealth (as in Faust's case), but by worldly good fortune itself. As the plot develops, Hershele amply confirms Satan's expectations, only to realize the gravity of his error after it is too later to rectify it. It is a simple morality play, timeless even though addressed in its specifics to a particular audience. [jewishfilm.org]

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The Wandering Jew (2006)

Roland, George [Regisseur] ; Zucker, Frank [Kameramann] ; Contner, J. Burgi [Kameramann] ; [et al.]

Waltham : The National Center for Jewish Film

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Language: Yiddish

Pages: 1 DVD-Video (55 Min.) , schwarz-weiß

Year of publication: 2006

Uniform Title: Der vanderner Yid

Keywords: DVD-Video

Abstract: "The Wandering Jew" tells the story of Arthur Levi (Jacob Ben-Ami), a German-Jewish artist who experiences the new German antisemitism when his masterpiece, a portrait of his Polish-born father entitled "The Eternal Wanderer" is rejected by the Berlin Academy of Art, which also asks his resignation as professor. Later in the film the figure in the painting comes to life and tells Levi the story of the persecution of the Jewish people. The film ends with footage of an anti-Hitler rally at New York City's Madison Square Garden and Levi's resolve to bear onward in the face of adversity. "The Wandering Jew" is a unique find: the first American feature film to depict the situation of Jews in Nazi Germany, and the only Yiddish-language film of its era to address this subject. The film, which dramatizes the situation of German Jews, was an American-Jewish response to the Nazi regime. It was produced by Jewish American Film Arts at the Atlas Studio on Long Island, NY during the summer of 1933, just months after the Nazi rise to power in Germany. In the wake of the violence of Kristallnacht the film was given a December 1938 re-release under the title "Jews in Exile", screening in RKO theaters all over the New York area. [www.nywift.org]

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The Living Orphan : Based on a Play by Sholom Secunda (2006)

Seiden, Joseph [Regisseur] ; Contner, J. Burgi [Kameramann] ; Hyland, Edward [Kameramann] ; [et al.]

Waltham : The National Center for Jewish Film

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Language: Yiddish

Pages: 1 DVD-Video (93 Min.) , schwarz-weiß

Year of publication: 2006

Uniform Title: Der lebediker Yusem

Keywords: DVD-Video

Abstract: "The Living Orphan" is a dramatic tale of hardship that highlights some of the traumatic problems of the immigrant experience, including alcoholism, separation and poverty. The child star, Jerry Rosenberg (Ross) gives a memorable performance as the son Benny and the film introduces two European stars Fanina Rubina and Gustav Berger. The plot centers on the story of a stage couple that develops marital problems due to the demands of the theatre. The husband, whose career is failing, insists that the wife stay home to tend their young son. The subplot focuses on the plight of a woman who chooses her career over family obligations. Set in New York in the 1930's, the film contains some interesting street shots of the Lower East Side and a marvelous scene in the Bialystoker Old Folks Home. One of the best Second Avenue Yiddish theatre domestic melodramas produced in New York City just prior to World War II, the film provides a wonderful example of the sentimental dramas created to entertain and educate the immigrant community. [jewishfilm.org]

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