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Kurt Weill
… 100 years after Kurt Weill's birth, young Dessau-born filmmaker Sven Dufer cinematically reconstructs the … Lindenberg. Among the lesser known facts contained in this film is that Weill's parents emigrated in the 40s to …
The Mystery of Aris San
… Shot in Israel, Greece, the United States, and Hungary, the film uncovers the man behind the glittering smile. Prod.: …
The Dybbuk - Der dibuk
… : Based on the play by S. Ansky The Dybbuk is a Yiddish film classic based on the celebrated play of the same name … melodies were designed to bridge the historical abyss. The film was made on location in Poland in 1937 and brought … set designers, actors and historical advisors. The film's exquisite musical and dance interludes evoke the …
Yiddle With His Fiddle - Yidl mitn fidl
… returned to his native Poland from America to produce this film, the most commercially successful musical in the … consummate comedienne of Yiddish theater, vaudeville, and film. This is the classic folk comedy about a man and his … well as the talents of Leon Leibold, the romantic lead. Yhe film was shot on location in the picturesque town of …
The Cantor's Son - Dem Khazns Zindl
… Motyleff (& Sidney Goldin, uncredited) This Yiddish feature film musical drama marks the screen debut of singer and … Oysher. Shot in Pennsylvania near the Pocono Mountains, the film features Oysher in the title role of a wayward youth … from his Polish shtetl to New York's Lower East Side (the film includes rare glimpses of the Lower East Side and of …
A Cantor on Trial
… by Sidney M. Goldin Music by Sholem Secunda This short film festures Loui Leybele Waldmann playing three different …
Ouverture to Glory - Der Vilner shtot khazn
… the most convincing scenes of synagogue life in any fiction film, Overture to Glory begins during the morning service on …
Great Cantors of the Golden Age, Great Cantors in Cinema
… Cantors of the Golden Age includes highlights from Yiddish filmmaker Joseph Seiden’s 1931 film The Voice of Israel, with performances by Adolph … seven cantorial pieces newly restored by NCJF from rare film footage, some of which have never been seen before: …
The Jazz Singer
… ascendance of the 'talkies' and the decline of the silent film era. Produced by Warner Bros. with its Vitaphone …
The Key from Spain: The Songs and Stories of Flory Jagoda
… subt. Director: Ankica Petrovicand Misha Livingstone The film focuses on the life of Flory Jagoda, a survivor of … and composer of traditional and modern Ladino songs. This film documents her life and her music. An article about the film by Judith R. Cohen was published in the academic …