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.
- Date of release
- 1934-10-01
- TMDB
- 9.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Harry Thomashefsky
Casting
- Maurice Krohner — David Moshele, the Yiddish King Lear
- Fannie Levenstein — Hanna Lear, Mosheles' wife
- Jacob Bergreen — Joffe
- Miriam Grossman — Toibelle, Mosheles' youngest daughter
- Eddie Pascal — Shomoi
- Rose Schwartzberg — Servant
- Morris Weisman — Abraham Chariff
- Jeannette Paskewich — Estelle, Mosheles' eldest daughter
- Morris Tarlowsky — Moses Chorid
- Esther Adler — Gitelle, Mosheles' second daughter
- Harold Schutzman
- Anne G. Sterling — Attractive Girl (uncredited)
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Yiddish King Lear
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