Motel the Operator

Overview

Motel, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide. The richly-rendered beautiful Yiddish songs by Sholem Secunda featuring Cantor Leibele Waldman and Joel Feig's famous choir are a good example of the bittersweet melodrama in the finest tradition of the Yiddish theater.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 15, 1940

Original language

Yiddish

Spoken languages

Yiddish

Countries

United States of America

Production

Cinema Service Corp.

Cast

Maurice Kroner,Chaim Tauber,Maurice Krohner,Malvina Rappel,Jacob Zanger,Joseph Schoengold,Yetta Zwerling,Herman Rosen,Berthe Hart,Louis 'Leibele' Waldmanand 4 more

Director

Joseph Seiden

Writer

Chaim Tauber

Cinematography

Charles Levine,Don Malkames

Music

Sholom Secunda

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0031672