The Yiddish King Lear

The Yiddish King Lear

70 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1934

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.

The Yiddish King Lear

70 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1934

The Yiddish King Lear
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.
Producers Lear Pictures Inc.
Original title The Yiddish King Lear
Directors Harry Thomashefsky
Writers Abraham Armband, Jacob Gordin

Cast

Esther Adler

as Gitl

Jacob Bergreen

as Joffe

Miriam Grossman

as Taybele

Maurice Krohner

as David Moshele

Fannie Levenstein

as Hanna, his wife

Eddie Pascal

as Shamay

Jeannette Paskewich

as Estelle

Rose Schwartzberg

as Diener

Anne G. Sterling

as Attractive Girl

Morris Tarlowsky

as Moses Choris

Morris Weisman

as Abraham Chariff