The Jester

The Jester

Drama, Comedy | Jan. 2, 1937

Getsel, a wandering Purim player, comes to a Galica village and gets a job with Reb Nuchem, the shoemaker. He falls in love with Esther, the shoemaker's daughter, but knows she is in love with a wandering circus player. However, Getzel is content in his work and dreams. Esther's father inherits a fortune and attempts to marry her to a man of his choice, but she flees with Getzel to Warsaw, where he meets and marries the circus player. Getzel returns to the village and is blamed for Esther's disappearance until she shows up and explains what happened. Getzel shoulders his pack and wanders on to another village.

The Jester

Drama, Comedy | Jan. 2, 1937

The Jester
Getsel, a wandering Purim player, comes to a Galica village and gets a job with Reb Nuchem, the shoemaker. He falls in love with Esther, the shoemaker's daughter, but knows she is in love with a wandering circus player. However, Getzel is content in his work and dreams. Esther's father inherits a fortune and attempts to marry her to a man of his choice, but she flees with Getzel to Warsaw, where he meets and marries the circus player. Getzel returns to the village and is blamed for Esther's disappearance until she shows up and explains what happened. Getzel shoulders his pack and wanders on to another village.
Producers Green-Film
Original title Der Purimshpiler
Directors Joseph Green, Jan Nowina-Przybylski
Writers I. Manger, Joseph Victor

Cast

Zygmunt Turkow

as Getsel

Miriam Kressyn

as Esther

Eni Liton

as Leah

Hymie Jacobson

as Dick

Ayzyk Samburg

as Reb Nukhem

Berta Litwine

as Tsippe, Nukhem's wife

Max Bozyk

as Reb Zurekh

Jakub Raynglas

as 3d Shoemaker

Jakub Fiszer

as Faivel, the Matchmaker

Samuel Landau

as Mekhele Zaidman