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Without a Home (1939)
Directed by Aleksander Marten
Drama · 1h 24m
The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film is based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin. Living in poverty in Kazimierz Dolny, the Rywkin family sees the father emigrate to the U.S. in search of a better life, where, after years of hard work and loneliness, he meets Bessie, a nightclub singer who helps him reunite with his family from Poland.
Cast
Ida Kamińska
Crew
- Director
- Aleksander Marten
- Writer
- Jakub Gordin
Details
- Original title
- On a heym
- Release date
- 1939-01-02
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- YI
- Spoken languages
- Yiddish
- Countries
- Poland