IMAGINE... Actually being able to 'hold back the hands of time' and SEE Dzigan and Shumacher, the most famous Yiddish comedic duo of all time !!
Dzigan and Schumacher are probably the greatest Yiddish comedians of all times. In this musical comedy, this famous comic duo play two small town 'entrepreneurs' who believe they have struck oil in a local field. The whole town finds out and thus begins a comedy of errors, including millionaire investors, Amercian schemers, and insane asylums (not to mention a little matchmaking on the side...). And yet in the face of setbacks, these two simpletons are relentless in their efforts to escape their misery and achieve fame and fortune and refuse to give in to despair.During the last years preceding the outbreak of WWII, the Dzigan and Shumacher comedy revue theatre gained immense popularity. Their satirical monologues and skits provided Jewish audiences with an escape and a rare opportunity to laugh. A hilarious experience for all Yiddish humor lovers !!!
'Film has its charm, especially in delightful comic sequence when the pair is declared insane.... It's all silly fun.'
Dan Kimmel, Home Video Reivew, Variety
'A low-budget satire of shtetl mores...Jolly Paupers/Freylekhe Kabtsonim is the closest the screen came to a Yiddish cabaret sensibility irreverent, mordant, and consciously theatrical.'
J. Hoberman, Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds
75 minutes
Black and White
Yiddish with NEW English subtitles
Poland, 1937
Director: Zygmund Turkov
Cast: Shimon Dzigan, Israel Shumacher, Ruth Turkow, Chana Levin, Menashe Oppenheim, Shmuel Goldstein, Jennie Lovitch, and many more.
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 31 December, 1969.
