Without a Home

The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film is based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin. Living in poverty in Kazimierz Dolny, the Rywkin family sees the father emigrate to the U.S. in search of a better life, where, after years of hard work and loneliness, he meets Bessie, a nightclub singer who helps him reunite with his family from Poland.

• Release date
• January 2, 1939
• Runtime
• 84 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Aleksander Marten

Cast

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Aleksander Marten Ida Kamińska

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Adam Domb