The Dybbuk (1937)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1937-09-29
Runtime: 125 minutes
Director: Michał Waszyński
Top Cast
- Avrom Morewski as Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos (as Abram Morewski)
- Ajzyk Samberg as Meszulach
- Mojzesz Lipman as Sender Brynicer ben Henie
- Lili Liliana as Lea
- Leon Liebgold as Chanan ben Nisan
- Dina Halpern as Aunt Frade
- Max Bozyk as Nute (as Maks Bozyk)
- M. Messinger as Menasze
- Gerszon Lemberger as Nisan ben Rifke
- Samuel Bronecki as Nachman (as S. Bronecki)
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