The Dybbuk (film)
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The Dybbuk is a 1937
Yiddish language
Polish
fantasy film
drama directed by Michał Waszyński. It is based on the play The Dybbuk by S. Ansky
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From the 1937 Yiddish film, directed by Michal Waszynski, original music by Henoch Kon. The Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds (Yid. דער דיבוק אדער צווישן צוויי וועלטן) is a 1914 play by S. Ansky, relating the story of a young bride possessed by a dybbuk – a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person – on the eve of her wedding. The Dybbuk, is considered a seminal play in the history of Jewish theater, and played an important role in the development of Yiddish theatre and theatre in Israel. The play was based on years of research by S. Ansky, who travelled between Jewish shtetls in Russia and Ukraine, documenting folk beliefs and stories of the Hassidic Jews. In 1937, the play, with some changes in the plot structure, was filmed by director Michał Waszyński in Warsaw, starring Lili Liliana as Leah, Leon Liebgold as Hannan (Channon, in the English-language subtitles), and Avrom Morevski as Rabbi Azrael ben Hodos. The film adds an additional act before those in the original play: it shows the close friendship of Sender and Nisn as young men. Besides the language of the film itself, the picture is noted among film historians for the striking scene of Leah's wedding, which is shot in the style of German Expressionism. The film is generally considered one of the finest in the Yiddish language. The Dybbuk was filmed on location in Kazimierz, Poland, and in a Warsaw studio, in 1937
1937 in film
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Yiddish language
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
fantasy film
Fantasy film
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drama directed by Michał Waszyński. It is based on the play The Dybbuk by S. Ansky
S. Ansky
Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport , known by his pseudonym S. Ansky , was a Russian Jewish author, playwright, and researcher of Jewish folklore....
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From the 1937 Yiddish film, directed by Michal Waszynski, original music by Henoch Kon. The Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds (Yid. דער דיבוק אדער צווישן צוויי וועלטן) is a 1914 play by S. Ansky, relating the story of a young bride possessed by a dybbuk – a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person – on the eve of her wedding. The Dybbuk, is considered a seminal play in the history of Jewish theater, and played an important role in the development of Yiddish theatre and theatre in Israel. The play was based on years of research by S. Ansky, who travelled between Jewish shtetls in Russia and Ukraine, documenting folk beliefs and stories of the Hassidic Jews. In 1937, the play, with some changes in the plot structure, was filmed by director Michał Waszyński in Warsaw, starring Lili Liliana as Leah, Leon Liebgold as Hannan (Channon, in the English-language subtitles), and Avrom Morevski as Rabbi Azrael ben Hodos. The film adds an additional act before those in the original play: it shows the close friendship of Sender and Nisn as young men. Besides the language of the film itself, the picture is noted among film historians for the striking scene of Leah's wedding, which is shot in the style of German Expressionism. The film is generally considered one of the finest in the Yiddish language. The Dybbuk was filmed on location in Kazimierz, Poland, and in a Warsaw studio, in 1937
Cast
- Abraham Morewski ... Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos
- Ajzyk Samberg ... Meszulach – the messenger
- Mojzesz Lipman ... Sender Brynicer ben Henie
- Lili Liliana ... Lea – Sender's daughter
- Leon LiebgoldLeon LiebgoldLeon Liebgold was an actor in the Yiddish theatre and Holocaust survivor.He is best known for his roles in the Yiddish films Tevye and The Dybbuk....
... Chanan ben Nisan - Dina HalpernDina HalpernDina Halpern - Polish actress Jewish origin, who became famous mainly for her roles in the pre-war Jewish films and stage plays in Yiddish. Niece Ida Kaminska.- Filmography :* 1937:Vow...
... Aunt Frade - Max Bozyk ... Nute, Sender's friend (as Maks Bozyk)
- M. Messinger ... Menasze – the prospective groom
- Gerszon Lemberger ... Nisan ben Rifke
- Samuel Bronecki ... Nachman – Menasze's father (as S. Bronecki)
- Samuel Landau ... Zalman – swat
- Judith Berg ... Dancer
- Simche Fostel
- Goldenberg
- Gorbanowa
- Hauerowa
- Zisze Kac ... Mendel (as Z. Kac)
- Peisach Kerman (as Kurman)