Motel the Operator
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.
Year: 1940
Genre: Drama
Studio: Cinema Service Corp.
Director: Joseph Seiden
Cast: Chaim Tauber, Malvina Rappel, Maurice Kroner, Berthe Hart, Seymour Rechtzeit, Jacob Zanger
Crew: Chaim Tauber (Theatre Play), Joseph Seiden (Director), Paul Jacobs (Sound), F. Allstadt (Art Direction), Herman Rosen (Assistant Director), Murray Dichter (Sound)
Runtime: 88 minutes
Release: Jan 15, 1940
IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language:
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : strike, yiddish language
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