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Without a Home

Without a Home

10,0 /10 (1 Votes)
1939 YI 84 min

Overview

The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film is based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin. Living in poverty in Kazimierz Dolny, the Rywkin family sees the father emigrate to the U.S. in search of a better life, where, after years of hard work and loneliness, he meets Bessie, a nightclub singer who helps him reunite with his family from Poland.

Release date

02/01/1939

Votes

1

Popularity

0.1

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

On a heym

Language

YI

Runtime

84 min

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