A Letter to Mama

A Letter to Mama (1938)

A Brivele der mamen

One of the last Yiddish films made in Poland before the Nazi invasion, this film tells the story of a mother's persistent struggles to support her three children in pre-war World War II Polish Ukraine. After her family is pulled apart by severe poverty and the turmoil of war, she and her children make their way to New York and turn to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society for help.

Date of release
1938-01-02
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama
Director
Leon Trystan, Joseph Green

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