The Yiddish King Lear (1934)
Setting off from Vilna to spend his last days in the Holy Land, an arrogant old man spurns the youngest of his three daughters and leaves his fortune in the wrong hands.
Director: Harry Thomashefsky
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Esther Adler as Gitl |
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Jacob Bergreen as Joffe |
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Miriam Grossman as Taybele |
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Maurice Krohner as David Moshele |
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Fannie Levenstein as Hanna, his wife |
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Eddie Pascal as Shamay |
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Jeannette Paskewich as Estelle |
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Harold Schutzman as |
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Rose Schwartzberg as Diener |
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Anne G. Sterling as Attractive Girl |
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Morris Tarlowsky as Moses Choris |
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Morris Weisman as Abraham Chariff |
| Directing | Harry Thomashefsky | Director |
| Writing | Abraham Armband | Writer |
| Writing | Jacob Gordin | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Joseph Brody | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Joseph Freeman | Director of Photography |
| Art | Robert Van Rosen | Production Design |
| Production | Jack Rieger | Producer |
| Production | Johnnie Walker | Producer |