The Yiddish King Lear

The Yiddish King Lear 1934 Directed by Harry Thomashefsky

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.

Production Country USA

Language Yiddish

Spoken Language Yiddish

Gnere Drama

Production Company Lear Pictures Inc.

Release Date 1 October 1934

70 mins

Cast

Esther Adler Gitl

Jacob Bergreen Joffe

Miriam Grossman Taybele

Maurice Krohner David Moshele

Fannie Levenstein Hanna, his wife

Eddie Pascal Shamay

Jeannette Paskewich Estelle

Harold Schutzman

Rose Schwartzberg Diener

Anne G. Sterling Attractive Girl

Morris Tarlowsky Moses Choris

Morris Weisman Abraham Chariff

Crew

Director

Harry Thomashefsky

Writer

Abraham Armband

Producers

Jack Rieger

Johnnie Walker

Cinematography

Joseph Freeman

Composer

Joseph Brody

Production Design

Robert Van Rosen

Original Writer

Jacob Gordin