
The Jester
1937 · Movie · 1h 28m
ComedyDrama
Overview
Getsel, a wandering Purim player, comes to a Galica village and gets a job with Reb Nuchem, the shoemaker. He falls in love with Esther, the shoemaker's daughter, but knows she is in love with a wandering circus player. However, Getzel is content in his work and dreams. Esther's father inherits a fortune and attempts to marry her to a man of his choice, but she flees with Getzel to Warsaw, where he meets and marries the circus player. Getzel returns to the village and is blamed for Esther's disappearance until she shows up and explains what happened. Getzel shoulders his pack and wanders on to another village.
Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
Key crew
- Jan Nowina-PrzybylskiDirector
- Joseph VictorScreenplay
- Nikolaus BrodszkyOriginal Music Composer
- Joseph GreenDirector
Cast
- Zygmunt TurkowGetsel
- Miriam KressynEsther
- Eni LitonLeah
- Hymie JacobsonDick
- Ayzyk SamburgReb Nukhem
- Berta LitwineTsippe, Nukhem's wife
- Max BozykReb Zurekh
- Jakub Raynglas3d Shoemaker
- Jakub FiszerFaivel, the Matchmaker
- Samuel LandauMekhele Zaidman
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