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Title:

A brivele der mamen [videorecording] = A letter to mother / a film by Joseph Green.

Format:

[videorecording] =

Publisher:

Ergo Media Inc.,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Jewish women.--Drama.
Jews--Drama.
Motion pictures, Yiddish.
Musical films.

Other Authors:

Green, Joseph, 1900-1996.
Osherowitch, Mendl, 1889-1965.
Ellstein, Abraham, 1907-

Notes:

"The Joseph Green yiddish film collector's edition." -- Container. Special features: Audio interviews with Joseph Green ; introduction by Yiddish film historian Dr. Eric Goldman ; production credits, photo gallery ; filmography/biography ; interactive menus ; scene access. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1938. Cast: Lucy Gehrman, Misha Gehrman, Edmund Zayenda.

Summary:

Set in the Polish Ukraine and New York City, the film traces the break-up of a family due to stress, poverty, the chaos of war and the difficulties of immigrant life. One of the last Yiddish films to be produced in Warsaw, this moving story focuses on one Jewish mother's efforts to keep her family together.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51733017

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)