Children Must Laugh

Children Must Laugh 1936 Directed by Aleksander Ford Mir kumen on

One of the few surviving documentaries about Jewish life in Poland before World War II, this film was produced to raise funds for the Vladimir Medem Sanitarium, an institution that stood as the embodiment of health and enlightenment, in striking contrast to the grim images of urban Polish-Jewish poverty.

Country Poland

Production Country Poland

Language Yiddish

Spoken Languages Polish , Yiddish

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Sanatorium im. Wlodzimierza Medema

Release Date 31 December 1936

61 mins

Cast

A.L. Alexander Narrator (US Version)

David Dubinsky Himself, Introductory Speaker (US Version)

B. Charney Vladeck Himself, Introductory Speaker (US Version)

Crew

Director

Aleksander Ford

Writers

Jacob Pat

Wanda Wasilewska

Cinematography

Stanisław Lipiński

Composer

Henoch Kon

Sound

Fryderyk Gawze

Karol Siegel