Mirele Efros

Overview

Mirele Efros, "the Jewish Queen Lear," was the masterpiece of Ukrainian-born Jacob Gordin, an enormously influential Yiddish playwright whose works sought to describe and promulgate the ethos of mentshlekhkeyt: the practice of honesty, decency, and devotion toward family and community. This sophisticated version of his stage classic faithfully recreates Jewish life in turn-of-the-century Grodno, Poland.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 20, 1939

Original language

Yiddish

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Berta Gersten,Moishe Feder,Albert Lipton,Ruth Elbaum,Michael Rosenberg

Director

Josef Berne

Writer

Jacob Gordin,Josef Berne,Ossip Dymow

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0031659