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©2020
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5 videodiscs (approximately 873 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
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"During their heyday in the late 1930s, Yiddish movies covered a broad range of genres: comedies, soap operas, the supernatural, literary adaptations, musicals, and Lubitsch-style romances. Unified through language, gesture, and a common cultural sensibility, they captured the essence of the Jewish soul. [...] This five-disc set captures the diversity of Yiddish film." --Back cover
Originally released as motion pictures from 1935-1950
Full screen (1.33:1)
Special features (Disc 1): The Dybbuk commentary by J. Hoberman; restored 123-minute version and alternate 99-minute version of The Dybbuk
Special features (Disc 2): American Matchmaker commentary by Eve Sicular; Original subtitled version of American Matchmaker; Overture to Glory commentary by Allen Lewis Rickman
Special features (Disc 3): Tevya commentary by Allen Lewis Rickman
Special features (Disc 4): The Second Mother commentary by Allen Lewis Rickman; Original subtitled version of The Second Mother
Special features (Disc 5): Original subtitled version of Eli Eli
Booklet contains credits, Foreword by Serge Bromberg, and essays "On Yiddish and Cinema" by Allen Lewis Rickman and "The Jewish Soul" by Samuel Blumenfeld
The Dybbuk: Abram Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Lili Liliana, Leon Liebgold
Mir Kumen On: narrator, A.L. Alexander ; introductory speaker, David Dubinsky, B Charney Vladeck
American Matchmaker: Leo Fuchs
Overture to Glory: Moyshe Oysher, Florence Weiss, Maurice Krohner, John Mylong, Helen Beverly, Baby Winkler
Tevya: Maurice Schwarz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub, Paula Lubelski, Leon Liebgold
The Yiddish King Lear: Esther Adler, Jacob Bergreen, Miriam Grossman, Maurice Krohner
Her Second Mother: Esta Salzman, Max Badin, Rose Greenfield, Margaret Schoenfeld
Motel the Operator: Chaim Tauber, Seymour Rechzeit, Yetta Zwerling, Jacob Zanger, Maurice Krohner
Eli Eli: Esther Field, Lazar Freed
Three Daughters: Charlotte Goldstein, Michael Rosenberg, Esta Salzman, Sacha Shaw, Rebecca Weintraub, Max Wilner
Not rated
Blu-ray; 1080p high-definition; region A; LPCM stereo; requires Blu-ray player
In Yiddish with optional English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH) available on Overture to Glory,