The Dybbuk

The Dybbuk

108 mins | Drama, Music, Fantasy | Sept. 29, 1937

In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Soon after, one of them dies, and the wife of the other dies in childbirth. The children grow up in different towns, without ever knowing of the betrothal, but the power of the vow leads them to meet each other when they are marriageable. The young woman, Leah, is promised to another man, but Channon, the son of the father who died, is a practitioner of mysticism, and seeks to win his bride through sorcery.

The Dybbuk

108 mins | Drama, Music, Fantasy | Sept. 29, 1937

The Dybbuk
In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Soon after, one of them dies, and the wife of the other dies in childbirth. The children grow up in different towns, without ever knowing of the betrothal, but the power of the vow leads them to meet each other when they are marriageable. The young woman, Leah, is promised to another man, but Channon, the son of the father who died, is a practitioner of mysticism, and seeks to win his bride through sorcery.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Warszawskie Biuro Kinematograficzne Feniks
Original title דער דיבוק דער דיבוק
Directors Michał Waszyński
Writers S.A. Kacyzna, Andrzej Marek, Sholom Ansky, Anatol Stern

Cast

Avrom Morewski

as Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos (as Abram Morewski)

Ajzyk Samberg

as Meszulach

Mojzesz Lipman

as Sender Brynicer ben Henie

Lili Liliana

as Lea

Leon Liebgold

as Chanan ben Nisan

Dina Halpern

as Aunt Frade

Max Bozyk

as Nute (as Maks Bozyk)

M. Messinger

as Menasze

Gerszon Lemberger

as Nisan ben Rifke

Samuel Bronecki

as Nachman (as S. Bronecki)

Samuel Landau

as Zalman - swat

Judith Berg

as Dancer

Zisze Kac

as Mendel (as Z. Kac)

Peisach Kerman

as (as Kurman)

Abraham Kurc

as Michael (as A. Kurc)

David Lederman

as Meir (as D. Lederman)