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The Singing Blacksmith (1938)
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Drama, Music · 1h 56m
Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version of David Pinski’s play Yankl der Shmid. Singing, dancing, and flashing his eyes, Oysher gives his most robust performance as a passionate shtetl blacksmith who must struggle against temptation to become a mensch. Recently rediscovered footage makes this the most complete extant version of Ulmer’s lively folk operetta, replete with an example of Yiddish swing.
Cast
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Moise Oysher
Yankel
M
Miriam Riselle
Tamara
F
Florence Weiss
Rivke
Anna Appel
Chaya Peshe
M
Michael Goldstein
Raffuel
L
Lea Noemi
Mariashe
M
Max Vodnoy
Simche
Y
Yudel Duldinsky
Reb' Aaron
L
Lube Wesely
Frumeh
B
Ben-Zvi Baratoff
Bendet
Herschel Bernardi
Yankel, as a boy
R
Rai Schneier
Rivke's Mother
Crew
- Director
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Screenplay
- David Pinski
- Director of Photography
- William Miller
- Original Music Composer
- Jacob Weinberg
- Editor
- Jack Kemp
- Producer
- Roman Rebush
Details
- Original title
- Yankl Der Schmid
- Release date
- 1938-11-01
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Original language
- YI
- Spoken languages
- Yiddish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Collective Film Producers Inc.