The Dybbuk (1937)

The Dybbuk (1937)

1937-09-29 Poland 108 Min. PG-13
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Overview

In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Soon after, one of them dies, and the wife of the other dies in childbirth. The children grow up in different towns, without ever knowing of the betrothal, but the power of the vow leads them to meet each other when they are marriageable. The young woman, Leah, is promised to another man, but Channon, the son of the father who died, is a practitioner of mysticism, and seeks to win his bride through sorcery.

Cast

Avrom Morewski is Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos (as Abram Morewski)
Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos (as Abram Morewski)
Ajzyk Samberg is Meszulach
Meszulach
Mojzesz Lipman is Sender Brynicer ben Henie
Sender Brynicer ben Henie
Leon Liebgold is Chanan ben Nisan
Chanan ben Nisan
Dina Halpern is Aunt Frade
Aunt Frade
Max Bozyk is Nute (as Maks Bozyk)
Nute (as Maks Bozyk)
M. Messinger is Menasze
Gerszon Lemberger is Nisan ben Rifke
Nisan ben Rifke
Samuel Bronecki is Nachman (as S. Bronecki)
Nachman (as S. Bronecki)
Samuel Landau is Zalman - swat
Zalman - swat
Judith Berg is Dancer