Yidl Mitn Fidl

Yidl Mitn Fidl

Infobox Film
name = Yidl Mitn Fidl


caption = Yiddle With His Fiddle Movie Poster
imdb_id = 0027231
director = Joseph Green
Jan Nowina-Przybylski
writer = Joseph Green
Konrad Tom (novella)
starring = Molly Picon
Leon Liebgold
Simche Fostel
country = Poland / USA
language = Yiddish
runtime = 92 min.

"Yidl Mitn Fidl" (English:"Yiddle With His Fiddle", German:"Jidl mitn Fidl", Polish:"Judel gra na Skrzypcach") is a 1936 musical film.

History

After the success of Joseph in the Land of Egypt, a silent film dubbed into the Yiddish language by Green met with success, he decided to create an entirely Yiddish film, and returned to his native Poland to do so. Yidl Mitn Fidl was the most successful Yiddish film of all time and the most popular of Green's films as well.

The film was shot on location in Kazimierz, Poland, with local shtetl inhabitants as extras. Based on a novel by Konrad Tom, the screenplay was written by Joseph Green. Its score was composed by Abraham Ellstein, and the lyrics to the songs were written by Itzik Manger.

Plot Summary

The film follows the story of an impovershed man, Arye (Simche Fostel) and his daughter Itke (Molly Picon), who decide to become traveling klezmorim. Because her father is concerned about the misfortunes that can befall a young woman, Itke disguises herself as a man and calls herself Yidl.

External links

*imdb title|id=0027231|title=Yidl Mitn Fidl
* [http://www.ce-review.org/kinoeye/kinoeye21old.html About the movie]


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