Movie

Mirele Efros (1939)

• October 20, 1939
• 1h 20m

• Drama

Overview

Mirele Efros, "the Jewish Queen Lear," was the masterpiece of Ukrainian-born Jacob Gordin, an enormously influential Yiddish playwright whose works sought to describe and promulgate the ethos of mentshlekhkeyt: the practice of honesty, decency, and devotion toward family and community. This sophisticated version of his stage classic faithfully recreates Jewish life in turn-of-the-century Grodno, Poland.

Director

Josef Berne

Writers

Josef Berne, Ossip Dymow

Starring

Berta Gersten, Ruth Elbaum, Albert Lipton