ID

FBW000227      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1931

Original Title

Shulamith

Directed by

Sidney M. Goldin

Produced by

Judea Films, Inc., New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Joseph Seiden; Associate producer: Moe Goldman; Based on: Abraham Goldfaden (gleichn. Operette)

Length

1254 m (5 Akte) / 45'50''

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 13 May 1931: Copyright LU2259

Further Remarks

- Copyright Claimant: Judea Films, Inc.

Abstract

In Biblical times, a Jewish man of wealth and noble standing leads a yearly pilgrimage of Jews to Jerusalem, which the Jews occupy. His beautiful daughter Shulamith, left behind, becomes lost as she wanders. She reaches a well, and having no bucket, climbs down a ladder to quench her thirst, but the ladder breaks, and she falls to the dry bottom, where she is stranded. The great hero Absolem, on his way to Jerusalem, hears Shulamith's call for help and rescues her. They subsequently meet many times, and he takes an oath that he will marry her when he returns from Jerusalem. However, in Jerusalem, he marries Avigail, the richest woman in the Holy Land. After a number of years, Shulamith becomes ill from waiting. She refuses to reveal the cause until her father finally persuades her to tell him about Absolem's oath. He then prays that Shulamith will be avenged, and according to the oath, Absolem's two children die. Absolem realizes that he has broken the oath and tells Avigail, who sends him to keep his word with Shulamith, whom he marries upon his return.

Subject Terms

Yiddish cinema

Distributor

Judea Films, Inc., New York, NY (initially)

Bibliography

- Goldman, Eric A.: Visions, Images, and Dreams. Yiddish Film Past and Present. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1983
- Hoberman, J.: Bridge of Light. Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. New York, NY: Schocken, 1991
- King Hanson, Patricia (Ed.): The American Film Institute Catalogue of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. Feature Films, 1931-40. Berkeley, CA / Los Angeles, CA / Oxford: University of California Press, 1993