The Yiddish cinema /

"Nourished by Yiddish literature and theater, Yiddish film production in Eastern Europe and the United States flourished between the two world wars. Using interviews, archival photographs and film clips, the [film] achieves an embrace as comprehensive as its subject, and assigns equal importanc...

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Corporate Author: Rutenberg and Everett Yiddish Film Library
Other Authors: Waldoks, Moshe (Screenwriter), Mamet, David (Narrator)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Yiddish
Russian
Language Notes:In English and Yiddish and Russian with English subtitles.
Published: Waltham, MA : National Center for Jewish Film, [2006]
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Summary:"Nourished by Yiddish literature and theater, Yiddish film production in Eastern Europe and the United States flourished between the two world wars. Using interviews, archival photographs and film clips, the [film] achieves an embrace as comprehensive as its subject, and assigns equal importance to music and tradition, comedy and tragedy, actors and directors. The film traces the decline of the cinema and the language, discussing the Holocaust's decimation of European Jewry, Stalinist suppression of Jewish culture and the New World's demands for assimilation"--Publisher's description.
Item Description:"The Rutenberg & Everett Yiddish Film Library of The National Center for Jewish Film."--Container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD video, NTSC, all regions.
Production Credits:Executive producers, Henry Felt, Sharon Pucker Rivo; for German TV ZDF: Ronny Loewy, Hans Peter Kochenrath, Walter Schobert.
ISBN:1585872091
9781585872091