Film

On a heym (1939)

• 2. Januar 1939
• 1 Std. 24 Min.

• Drama

Übersicht

The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film is based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin. Living in poverty in Kazimierz Dolny, the Rywkin family sees the father emigrate to the U.S. in search of a better life, where, after years of hard work and loneliness, he meets Bessie, a nightclub singer who helps him reunite with his family from Poland.

Regisseur

Aleksander Marten

Drehbuchautoren

Jacob Gordin

Besetzung

Aleksander Marten, Ida Kamińska, Adam Domb