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The Yiddish King Lear

Release Year
1934
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Drama
Directed By
Harry Thomashefsky
The Yiddish King Lear

Setting off from Vilna to spend his last days in the Holy Land, an arrogant old man spurns the youngest of his three daughters and leaves his fortune in the wrong hands.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Esther Adler

Gitl

Jacob Bergreen

Joffe

Miriam Grossman

Taybele

Maurice Krohner

David Moshele

Fannie Levenstein

Hanna, his wife

Eddie Pascal

Shamay

Jeannette Paskewich

Estelle

Harold Schutzman

Rose Schwartzberg

Diener

Anne G. Sterling

Attractive Girl

Morris Tarlowsky

Moses Choris

Morris Weisman

Abraham Chariff

Crew

Harry Thomashefsky

Director

Joseph Freeman

Director of Photography

Joseph Brody

Original Music Composer

Robert Van Rosen

Production Design

Johnnie Walker

Producer

Jack Rieger

Producer

Jacob Gordin

Theatre Play

Abraham Armband

Writer

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