Breaking Home Ties

Breaking Home Ties (1922)

Thinking he has killed his friend Paul in a jealous rage, David Bergman flees his native Russia; becomes a successful lawyer in New York; and loses touch with his penniless family, who have followed him to the US.

Date de sortie
1922-11-12
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Durée
1 h 20 min
Genres
Drame
Réalisateur
George K. Rolands, Frank N. Seltzer

Distribution

Anecdotes

Breaking Home Ties is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by George K. Rolands and Frank N. Seltzer and starring Lee Kohlmar, Rebecca Weintraub and Jane Thomas. It centers on Russian Jewish immigrants in Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Background

Director Frank N. Seltzer was motivated to direct a film to counter rising levels of antisemitism fuelled by Henry Ford and the Ku Klux Klan. The film has Jews as central characters, and they are presented in a normative way, with their faith and practice respectfully depicted.

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