ISBN:
1585872091
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9781585872091
Language:
Yiddish
Pages:
1 videodisc (83 min.)
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sound, black and white
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4 3/4 in
Year of publication:
2005
Uniform Title:
Onḳl Mozes Film$f1932
DDC:
791.4372
Keywords:
Jews Drama
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Immigrants Drama
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Immigrants
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Jews
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Romance films
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Feature films
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Romance films
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Drama
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Feature films
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Fiction films
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Film adaptations
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Yiddish films
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Motion pictures, Yiddish
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Fiction films
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Film adaptations
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Yiddish films
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New York (State) ; New York
Abstract:
'Uncle Moses' is one of the earliest Yiddish sound films made in New York. Produced in 1932, the film joins an impressive list of collaborative efforts between Maurice Schwartz, leading actor of the American Yiddish stage, and director Sidney Goldin, a central figure in the creation of Yiddish cinema and American films
Abstract:
According to contemporary reviewers, "Uncle Moses" follows closely the Yiddish Art Theater's adaptation of the 1918 Sholem Asch novel by the same name. Best known for his portrayals of the shtetl, in "Uncle Moses" Asch shifts his focus from Eastern Europe to New York City's Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century. In vivid, sometimes comic, yet always soberly realistic images, the film portrays the lives of East European shtetl Jews transplanted onto American soil. The bustling sweatshop and overcrowded tenement serve as the backdrop for a rich thematic blend of romantic intrigue, old and young love, realization of financial success, disintegration of the Jewish family, early struggles of the garment workers' union movement, and the clash of old-world values and new-world dreams. The pivotal role of Uncle Moses, benevolent despot and self-made patriarch among his landsmen, serves as an excellent vehicle for consummate actor Maurice Schwartz. While often flamboyant in his portrayal of this complex figure, Schwartz achieves a characterization of great dignity and compassion
Note:
Disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives
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"The Rutenberg and Everett Yiddish Film Library of the National Center for Jewish Film"--Container
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1932 by Yiddish Talking Pictures, restored version from 1988
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DVD-R, NTSC, all regions.
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Yiddish, with English subtitles
URL:
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(Credits from Internet Movie Database)
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