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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0800821015937
Format: Black & White, Collector's Edition, Restored, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: National Center For Jewish Film
Manufacturer: National Center For Jewish Film
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: National Center For Jewish Film
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 01, 2005
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 60356
Studio: National Center For Jewish Film
Editorial Review:
Description:
THE SINGING BLACKSMITH (Yankl Der Schmid)
USA, 1938, 105 minutes, B&W, Yiddish with new English subtitles, preserved, digitally restored and re-mastered
Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer
Written by: David Pinski
Music by: Jacob Weinberg
Cinematography by: William Miller
Edited by: Jack Kemp
Produced by: Ludwig Landy, Roman Rebush
Starring: Moishe Oysher, Miriam Riselle, Florence Weiss, Anna Appel,Herschel Bernardi, Michael Goldstein and Max Vodnoy
Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version of David Pinski’s play Yankl der shmid. Singing, dancing, and flashing his eyes, Oysher gives his most robust performance as a passionate shtetl blacksmith who must struggle against temptation to become a mensch. Recently rediscovered footage makes this the most complete extant version of Ulmer’s lively folk operetta, replete with an example of Yiddish swing.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fascinating cultural object
This movie captures an interesting moment in Jewish culture. This all Yiddish production gives us a window into Yiddish theater of the 1930s. It makes clear the values that were important in Jewish culture at the time as Oysher, who plays a jaunty blacksmith who loves to drink and sing, must find a way to become a righteous man despite his hard living inclinations. The songs are terrific and Oysher really knows how to make them come to life. The other characters are great examples of the stereotypes ... Read More
Rating:  - Chraming if slow
oysher is charming. the movie moves very slowly, or it least it feels like it, and was obviously shot on the cheap. It's a very fine trasfer and the quality of the DVD is very high.
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