King Lear in Yiddish; Habima Players
- Film Title
- Russia
- Genre
- Unedited
- Duration
- 00:53:53
- Event Date
- 1930s
- Locale
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Moscow,
Soviet Union
- Language
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English
- Genre/Form
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Unedited.
- Credit
- Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Julien Bryan Archive
**There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. There is no way to order a clean copy.**
Prominent actor, Solomon Mikhoels, of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, in his dressing room, applying makeup. Starkly lit closeup of Mikhoels as King Lear.
Another prominent Jewish theater group in the Soviet Union, the Habima Players, perform an ancient Hebrew dance.
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