Yiddle with His Fiddle
1936 · Movie · 92 min. · Poland
Director Green returned to his native Poland from America to produce this film, the most commercially successful musical in the history of the Yiddish cinema, starring Molly Picon, consummate comedienne of Yiddish theater, vaudeville, and film. This is the classic folk comedy about a man and his daughter who, penniless, decide to become traveling musicians. The daughter disguises herself as a boy to relieve her father's anxiety about unforeseeable problems that could befall a young woman "out in the world." They then join together with "another" father-son duo for music, comedy and romance. Green's original screenplay was enhanced by the folksy lyrics of Yiddish poet Itzik Manger and the memorable musical score of Abraham Ellstein, as well as the talents of Leon Leibold, the romantic lead who later starred in The Dybbuk and Tevye, and Max Bozyk, a character actor par excellence. Breaking away from the studio-bound cinematography of the early Yiddish talkies, the film was shot on...
Direction Joseph Green · Jan Nowina-Przybylski
Cast Molly Picon · Simche Fostel · Leon Liebgold · Max Bozyk · Maks Brin · Dora Fakiel · Barbara Liebgold · Samuel Landau · Chana Lewin · Symche Natan · Abraham Kurc · Laura Glucksman
Soundtrack Abe Ellstein
Screenplay Joseph Green · Konrad Tom
Cinematography Jack Jonilowicz · Seweryn Steinwurzel
Original title Yidl mitn fidl
—
Not rated (FilmAffinity)
Add to lists
Share