- Summary
- The innocent, impoverished lovers, lame Fishke and blind Hodel, are beset by the superstition, prejudice and greed present in a late nineteenth century shtetl in tsarist Russia. The benevolent and enlightened bookseller Mendele helps and encourages them in their dream of escaping to a freer life in Odessa.
- Other Title
- Fishḳe der ḳrumer.
- Variant Title
- Fishka der krimmer
- Series
- Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Waltham, MA : National Center for Jewish Film., [2005?]
©1989
- Locale
- Soviet Union
- Other Authors/Editors
- Ulmer, Edgar G. (Edgar George), 1904-1972.
Ulmer, Shirley.
Pahver, Chaver.
Cashier, Isidore, 1887-1948.
Beverley, Helen.
Opatoshu, David, 1918-1996.
Bialis, Rosetta.
Rabinowitz, Tillie.
Guskin, Anna.
Bodkin, Celia.
Mendele Mokher Sefarim, 1835-1917.
National Center for Jewish Film.
Carmel Productions.
Ultra Film Distributors.
- Notes
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Based on stories by S.Y. Abramovitch (Mendele Mokher Seforim): Fishḳe der ḳrumer.
Originally produced as a motion picture by Carmel Productions and released by Ultra Film Distributors in 1939.
"The Rutenberg & Everett Yiddish Film Library of the National Center for Jewish Film."
Extras: Program notes by J. Hoberman, David Opatoshu interview, Ulmer biography.
Photography, J. Burgi Contner, Edward Hyland ; sound, Dean Cole ; edited by Jack Kemp ; art directors Edgar G. Ulmer, Robert Benny.
Isidore Cashier, Helen Beverley, David Opatoshu, Rosetta Bialis, Tillie Rabinowitz, Anna Guskin, Celia Bodkin, Jennie Cashier.
DVD, NTSC.
Yiddish dialogue, English subtitles.
