Motel the Operator

Motel the Operator

1940
1h 28m
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Drama
Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: YI

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Production Information

Production Companies
Cinema Service Corp.
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
Yiddish

Keywords

strike yiddish language

Quick Facts

Original Title Motl der Operator
Release Date January 15, 1940
Status Released
Language YI
IMDb ID tt0031672

Cast

Chaim Tauber
Chaim Tauber

Motel Friedman

Malvina Rappel
Malvina Rappel

Esther Friedman

Maurice Kroner
Maurice Kroner

Benjamin Rosenwald

Berthe Hart
Berthe Hart

Rebecca Rosenwald

Seymour Rechtzeit
Seymour Rechtzeit

Jack Rosenwald

Jacob Zanger
Jacob Zanger

Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin

Yetta Zwerling
Yetta Zwerling

Chane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin

Gertrude Krause
Gertrude Krause

Ruth Frumkin

Herman Rosen
Herman Rosen

Doctor

Izidor Frankel
Izidor Frankel

Boss

Seymour Rechzeit
Seymour Rechzeit

Jacob 'Jack' Rosenwald

Maurice Krohner
Maurice Krohner

Benjamin Rosenwald

Key Crew

Joseph Seiden
Director