Berta Gersten
Mirele Efros, "the Jewish Queen Lear," was the masterpiece of Ukrainian-born Jacob Gordin, an enormously influential Yiddish playwright whose works sought to describe and promulgate the ethos of mentshlekhkeyt: the practice of honesty, decency, and devotion toward family and community. This sophisticated version of his stage classic faithfully recreates Jewish life in turn-of-the-century Grodno, Poland.
Release Date | 1939-10-20 |
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Runtime | 1h 20m |
Director | Josef Berne |
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Writers | Josef Berne, Ossip Dymow, Jacob Gordin |