The Jester

Overview

Getsel, a wandering Purim player, comes to a Galica village and gets a job with Reb Nuchem, the shoemaker. He falls in love with Esther, the shoemaker's daughter, but knows she is in love with a wandering circus player. However, Getzel is content in his work and dreams. Esther's father inherits a fortune and attempts to marry her to a man of his choice, but she flees with Getzel to Warsaw, where he meets and marries the circus player. Getzel returns to the village and is blamed for Esther's disappearance until she shows up and explains what happened. Getzel shoulders his pack and wanders on to another village.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 2, 1937

Original language

Yiddish

Spoken languages

Yiddish

Countries

Poland, United States of America

Production

Green-Film

Cast

Zygmunt Turkow,Berta Litwine,Max Bozyk,Samuel Landau,Jakub Fiszer,Hymie Jacobson,Eni Liton,Jakub Raynglas,Miriam Kressyn,Ayzyk Samburg

Director

Joseph Green,Jan Nowina-Przybylski

Writer

Joseph Victor,I. Manger

Producer

Joseph Green

Cinematography

Seweryn Steinwurzel

Music

Nikolaus Brodszky

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0029065