Motel the Operator

Motel the Operator 1940 Directed by Joseph Seiden Motl der Operator

Motel, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide. The richly-rendered beautiful Yiddish songs by Sholem Secunda featuring Cantor Leibele Waldman and Joel Feig's famous choir are a good example of the bittersweet melodrama in the finest tradition of the Yiddish theater.

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language Yiddish

Spoken Language Yiddish

Gnere Drama

Production Company Cinema Service Corp.

Release Date 15 January 1940

88 mins