Movie

Green Fields (1937)

• January 1, 1937
• 1h 37m

• Comedy
• Romance

Overview

Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholar ventures into the countryside, searching for the city of "true Jews," he learns some unexpected lessons from the Jewish peasants who take him in as a tutor for their children.

Director

Edgar G. Ulmer

Writers

Peretz Hirschbein, George Moskov

Starring

Michael Gorrin, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier