On a hajm

Movie
Original title	On a hajm
Country of production	Poland
original language	Yiddish
Publishing year	1939
length	73 minutes
Rod
Director	Aleksander Marten
production	Saul Goskind for Kinor
occupation
Aleksander Marten : Abram 'Avrejmel' Rywkin Adam Domb : Jakub Elchanan Rywkin Ida Kamińska : Bas Szewa Szymon Dżigan : Motels Izrael Szumacher : Fisele Wiera Gran : Bessie Ben Zuker : Enoch Dora Fakiel : Lina Merele Gruber : Mrs.

On a hajm (in German: Without a home ; Polish Bezdomni ) is the last Yiddish-language film in Poland before the German Wehrmacht invaded.

It is based on a text by Jacob Gordin and describes the poverty of many Jewish families in Poland and the great difficulties in establishing a new existence in the USA . Some famous Yiddish actors from Warsaw were involved in the film, such as Aleksander Marten, Ida Kamińska , Szymon Dżigan and Izrael Szumacher .

The film premiered in January 1939.

Web links

• Bezdomni in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Film on filmpolski.pl
• Film on filmweb.pl