The Singing Blacksmith
Moishe Oysher gives his most robust performance as a passionate shtetl blacksmith who must struggle against temptation to become a mensch. Ulmer's film is a musical version of David Pinski's classic 1906 play Yankl der Schmid.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Released
- 1938
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1938
Storyline
Moishe Oysher gives his most robust performance as a passionate shtetl blacksmith who must struggle against temptation to become a mensch. Ulmer's film is a musical version of David Pinski's classic 1906 play Yankl der Schmid.
Top credits
- Moyshe Oysher — Yankel
- Miriam Riselle — Tamara
- Florence Weiss — Rivke
Anna Appel — Chaye-Peshe
Did you know
• Director Edgar G. Ulmer stated in an interview that the location shooting near Newton, NJ, was on land owned by the Catholic Monastery of the Benedictine Order, who were very cooperative in letting him build sets and film there, even supplying some monks who wore beards to be cast as extras. He also said there was a camp of a violent pro-Nazi organization called the German-American Bund nearby, and when they heard there was a company of New York Jews shooting a film in Yiddish near them, they threatened to assault the cast and crew and burn down the sets. Ulmer stated that the Benedictine monks - many of whom were Germans themselves - patrolled the film's location at night carrying shotguns to guard against any attack by the Bund.
• The play opened off-Broadway in New York City, New York, USA in 1909.
• Final film of Anna Appel.
User reviews
Yiddish film featuring the singing of Moyshe Oysher
The Jewish Caruso in action! Whutta voice--
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
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