Mamele
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Konrad Tom
Meyer Schwartz
Edmund Zayenda
company
| Mamele | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Green & Konrad Tom |
| Written by | Konrad Tom Meyer Schwartz |
| Starring | Molly Picon Edmund Zayenda |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Yiddish |
Mamele (Yiddish: מאמאלע Polish: Mateczka) is a Yiddish Language Polish musical film made in 1938.
Set in Łódź, the film revolves around Khavtshi Samet (Picon), a Cinderella figure, who has taken on maternal responsibility for her family after the death of her mother — hence the title, Mamele, or 'little mother.' Khavtshi is required to shop, cook and clean up after her unappreciative family. Furthermore, she must keep her siblings out of trouble: her younger brother gets mixed up with crooks and her sister Berta (Bullman) has eyes for the gangster Maks Katz (Menashe Oppenheim). Eventually Khavtshi's morale breaks, and she moves in with the handsome musician Schlesinger (Zayenda) across the courtyard. In this period of distress Khavtshi imagines the life of her grandmother in a dream-like song and dance sequence. The Samet family begs for Khavtshi to return, which she does with Schlesinger. The film closes with Khavtshi busy preparing the feast during her wedding.[1]
Cast
- Molly Picon as Khavtshi Samet
- Edmund Zayenda as Schlesinger
- Max Bozyk as Berl Samet
- Gertrude Bullman as Berta Samet
- Simche Fostel as Nadirman
- Ola Shlifko as Jentka Samet
- Menashe Oppenheim as Maks Katz
- Karol Latowicz as Zeisher
- Max Perelman as Dawid Samet
- Ruth Turkow as Bailchi
- Lew Szrftzecer as Konchicker