Yankl the Shmid
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Original title | Yankl the Shmid The Singing Blacksmith |
Country of production | United States |
original language | Yiddish |
Publishing year | 1938 |
length | 95 minutes |
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Director | Edgar G. Ulmer |
script | Ossip Dymow |
production | Edgar G. Ulmer |
music | Jacob Weinberg |
camera | William Miller |
cut | Jack Kemp |
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Yankl der Shmid is a 1938 Yiddish feature film from the USA .
action
The Jewish goldsmith lives a life as a womanizer. But again and again he surrenders to alcohol. One day he meets Tamara and a lot changes.
production
The singing goldsmith is the second leading role for the impressive Chasan (Cantor) Moishe Oysher after his great success in Des Kantor's Son . Edgar G. Ulmer, who had specialized in Yiddish films since 1937, produced and directed this film.
Web links
- Yankl the Shmid in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Itzik Gottesman: Di geshikhte funem yidishn kino - Yankl der shmid / The History of Yiddish Cinema - Yankl der shmid . Edited by the editors of the Jewish Daily Forward , February 1, 2016 (Yiddish, with English subtitles).