Motel the Operator (1940)
1h 28m · 15 Jan 1940
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10.0/10
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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.
| Movie ID | 82011 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Joseph Seiden |
| Main cast | Chaim Tauber, Malvina Rappel, Maurice Kroner, Berthe Hart, Seymour Rechtzeit, Jacob Zanger, Yetta Zwerling, Gertrude Krause |
| Release date | 15 January 1940 |
| Release year | 1940 |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Duration | 88 min (1h 28m) |
| Rating | 10.0 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | Cinema Service Corp. |
Director: Joseph Seiden
Top cast
Chaim TauberMotel Friedman
Malvina RappelEsther Friedman
Maurice KronerBenjamin Rosenwald
Berthe HartRebecca Rosenwald
Seymour RechtzeitJack Rosenwald
Jacob ZangerJacob 'Joseph' Frumkin
Yetta ZwerlingChane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin
Gertrude KrauseRuth Frumkin
Herman RosenDoctor
Izidor FrankelBoss
Seymour RechzeitJacob 'Jack' Rosenwald
Maurice KrohnerBenjamin Rosenwald
Joseph Schoengold
Louis 'Leibele' WaldmanThe Cantor
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