ID

FBW000084      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1926

Original Title

Di Tserbochene Hertser / Broken Hearts

Other Title(s)

Gebrochene Herzen [ÜT] (German)
Di Tserbokhene Hertser

Directed by

Maurice Schwartz

Produced by

Jaffe Art Film, New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Louis N. Jaffe; Script: Frances Taylor Patterson; Based on: Zalmen Libin (gleichn. Bühnenstück); Camera: Frank Zucker

Cast

Maurice Schwartz (Benjamin Rezanov); Lila Lee (Ruth Esterin); Wolf Goldfaden (Cantor Esterin); Bina Abramowitz (Mama Esterin); Isidore Cashier (Victor Kaplin); Anna Appel (Sprintze); Charles Nathanson (Mr. Kruger); Lisa Silbert (Mrs. Kruger); Theodore Silbert (Milton Kruger); Miriam Ellias (Miriam); Morris Strassberg (Marriage Broker); Henrietta Schnitzer (Esther); Betty Ferkauf (Bejamin's mother); Louis Hyman (Mishka); Leonid Snegoff (Cossack Captain); Julius Adler (David Adler)

Length

?

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 02 Mar 1926: Premiere, New York, NY (Cameo)

Remarks

1. Nachträglich vertont als "Di umgliklikhe Kale / The Unfortunate Brifde" (1932 USA / Henry Lynn) neugestartet.

Subject Terms

Yiddish cinema

Bibliography

- , in: Jewish Theatratical News, 03.03.1926
- Hall, Mordaunt: "A Jewish Imigrant", in: The New York Times, 03.03.1926
- Goldman, Eric A.: Visions, Images, and Dreams. Yiddish Film Past and Present. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1983
- Goldberg, Judith N.: Laughter Through Tears. The Yiddish Cinema. East Brunswick, NJ: Associated University Press, 1983
- Hoberman, J.: Bridge of Light. Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. New York, NY: Schocken, 1991
- Gregor, Erika / Gregor, Ulrich / Schleif, Helma (Red.): Jüdische Lebenswelten im Film. Berlin: Freunde der Deutsche Kinemathek, 1993