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The Jester (1937)

Original title: Der Purimshpiler

1937-01-02 · YI
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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.

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Joseph GreenDirectorJan Nowina-PrzybylskiDirector

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Zygmunt TurkowZygmunt TurkowGetselMiriam KressynMiriam KressynEstherEni LitonEni LitonLeahHymie JacobsonHymie JacobsonDickAyzyk SamburgAyzyk SamburgReb NukhemBerta LitwineBerta LitwineTsippe, Nukhem's wifeMax BozykMax BozykReb ZurekhJakub RaynglasJakub Raynglas3d ShoemakerJakub FiszerJakub FiszerFaivel, the MatchmakerSamuel LandauSamuel LandauMekhele Zaidman

Movie DNA

Genre affinityComedy · DramaDialogue densityComedy · DramaDirector preference1107897 · 295244Actor preference1107868 · 1107872 · 1158641Country preferencePlDecade preference1930

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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.