- Summary
- Presents an adaptation of a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer which deals with a young Jewish refugee, Esther, who frequents a cafeteria on the upper Broadway section of New York City in the early 1960s. At the cafeteria, she meets a famous Yiddish writer (a thinly disguised version of Singer himself) and they become involved. The relationship starts out on a romantic note, but as the writer learns more about Esther, he realizes that although she may have survived the Holocaust physically, she is already spiritually dead.
- Other Title
- Cafeteria.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Los Angeles, CA : Direct Cinema Ltd. [distributor], 1990
- Locale
- New York (N.Y.)
- Other Authors/Editors
- Dishy, Bob.
Lampert, Zohra, 1937-
Carnovsky, Morris.
Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986.
Nowak, Amram.
Kinoy, Ernest.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991.
Amram Nowak Associates.
Direct Cinema Ltd.
- Notes
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Videocassette release of the 1984 production.
Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
Jerry Pantzer, director of photography ; Jason Rosenfield, editor ; Leopold Godowsky III, music.
Bob Dishy, Zohra Lampert, Morris Carnovsky, Howard Da Silva.
VHS.
