The Jewish Soul: Classics of Yiddish Cinema (Blu-ray)

Directed by Joseph Seiden and Aleksander Ford and Edgar G. Ulmer and Maurice Schwartz and Max Nosseck and Michal Wasczyński

Release Year: 1935

Running Time: 750

UPC: 7 38329 25148 2

Optional English Subtitles: Yes

Color Type: Black & White

Country: U.S., Poland

Language: Hebrew, Yiddish, English

Genres: Drama, Period Drama, Horror, Religion

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Cast

Avrom Morewski
Leo Fuchs
Moyshe Oyster
Maurice Schwartz
Maurice Krohner
Chaim Tauber
Max Badin
Charlotte Goldstein
Michael Rosenberg
Esther Field
Seymour Rechzeit
Fannie Levenstein
Miriam Riselle
Florence Weiss
Judith Abarbanel
Esta Salzman
Ajzyk Samberg

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Directed by Joseph Seiden, Aleksander Ford, Edgar G. Ulmer, Maurice Schwartz, Max Nosseck and Michal Wasczyński

Too often segregated within an academic and cultural niche, Yiddish cinema is in fact a varied and vibrant genre ripe for reappraisal. Whether shot in the fields of Poland or makeshift studios in Manhattan, Yidishe Kino endure not only as precious documents of a vanishing culture, but a fascinating genre unto itself, with its unique blend of schmaltz and shtick, a dash of operetta, often overlaid with brooding atmosphere. Restored by Lobster Films, Paris, presented by Kino Lorber, this series showcases careful new translations by Yiddish cultural historian Allen Lewis Rickman, which preserve the clever wordplay and conveys the fluidity of the multi-lingual dialogue.

Ten classics of Yiddish cinema

now available in all-new restorations!

The Dybbuk

American Matchmaker

Her Second Mother

Mir Kumen On

Tevya

Overture to Glory

Eli Eli

Jewish King Lear
Motel, the Operator

Three Daughters

Blu-ray Extras Include:

THE DYBBUK: Audio commentary by J. Hoberman. Alternate 99-minute version

AMERICAN MATCHMAKER: Audio commentary by Eve Sicular. Alternate version with 1940 subtitles

OVERTURE TO GLORY: Audio commentary by Allen Lewis Rickman

TEVYA: Audio commentary by Allen Lewis Rickman

HER SECOND MOTHER: Audio commentary by Allen Lewis Rickman. Alternate version with 1940 subtitles

ELI ELI: Alternate version with 1940 subtitles

Printed booklet including essays by journalist and historian Samuel Blumenfeld, film preservationist Serge Bromberg and Yiddish cultural historian Allen Lewis Rickman

Theatrical trailer.

“A deliciously assorted showcase.”

- George Robinson, The New York Jewish Week

“Sure to provoke spirited debate, an essential form of nourishment for the Jewish soul.”

- The Forward

"The most heavily atmospheric and 'artistic' of the Yiddish talkies."

- J. Hoberman on THE DYBBUK in Bridge of Light

"The authentic version of Fiddler on the Roof."

- Allen Lewis Rickman on TEVYA

"Precious and haunting."

- Times of Israel on MIR KUMEN ON

"Think of it as a superior prequel to The Exorcist."

- Time Out on THE DYBBUK

"Arguably the best Yiddish-language film ever made."

- George Robinson on THE DYBBUK in Cine-Journal

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A scene from Michal Wasczyński's THE DYBBUK, part of the JEWISH SOUL collection from Kino Lorber.

A scene from Aleksander Ford's MIR KUMEN ON, part of the JEWISH SOUL collection from Kino Lorber.

A scene from Edgar G. Ulmer's AMERICAN MATCHMAKER, part of the JEWISH SOUL collection from Kino Lorber.

A scene from Maurice Schwartz's TEVYA, part of the JEWISH SOUL collection from Kino Lorber.

A scene from Max Nosseck's OVERTURE TO GLORY, part of the JEWISH SOUL collection from Kino Lorber.

A scene from Joseph Seiden's HER SECOND MOTHER, part of the JEWISH SOUL collection from Kino Lorber.

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