Motel the Operator 1940
5.9 / 10
Motel the Operator
Motel, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide. The richly-rendered beautiful Yiddish songs by Sholem Secunda featuring Cantor Leibele Waldman and Joel Feig's famous choir are a good example of the bittersweet melodrama in the finest tradition of the Yiddish theater.
Motel, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide. The richly-rendered beautiful Yiddish songs by Sholem Secunda featuring Cantor Leibele Waldman and Joel Feig's famous choir are a good example of the bittersweet melodrama in the finest tradition of the Yiddish theater.
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Chaim Tauber... Motel Friedman
... Esther Friedman
... Benjamin Rosenwald
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Berthe Hart... Rebecca Rosenwald
... Jack Rosenwald
JZ
Jacob Zanger... Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin
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Release Date:
Jan 15, 1940 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 28`
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Original Language:
Yiddish
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Motel the Operator - Motel the Operator
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Herman Rosen... Assistant Director
... Director
Cast
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Chaim Tauber... Motel Friedman
... Esther Friedman
... Benjamin Rosenwald
BH
Berthe Hart... Rebecca Rosenwald
... Jack Rosenwald
JZ
Jacob Zanger... Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin
... Chane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin
... Ruth Frumkin
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Herman Rosen... Doctor
... Boss
... Jacob 'Jack' Rosenwald
... Benjamin Rosenwald
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... The Cantor
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