The Yiddish King Lear

9.51934Drama

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.

Release1934-10-01

Runtime70 min

StatusReleased

CountriesUnited States of America

Original languageYI

SpokenYiddish

DirectorHarry Thomashefsky

WritersAbraham Armband, Jakub Gordin

ProductionLear Pictures Inc.

Votes2

Popularity1

TMDB ID362264

Cast

Maurice Krohner

David Moshele, the Yiddish King Lear

Fannie Levenstein

Hanna Lear, Mosheles' wife

Jacob Bergreen

Joffe

Miriam Grossman

Toibelle, Mosheles' youngest daughter

Eddie Pascal

Shomoi

Rose Schwartzberg

Servant

Morris Weisman

Abraham Chariff

Jeannette Paskewich

Estelle, Mosheles' eldest daughter

Morris Tarlowsky

Moses Chorid

Esther Adler

Gitelle, Mosheles' second daughter

Harold Schutzman

Anne G. Sterling

Attractive Girl (uncredited)

Director

Harry Thomashefsky

Director

The Yiddish King Lear

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