The Dybbuk (1938)

  • NR
  • 01/27/1938 (US)
  • Drama, Fantasy, Music
  • 2h 5m

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.

Michał Waszyński

Director

Anatol Stern

Writer

S.A. Kacyzna

Writer

Andrzej Marek

Writer

Cast

Avrom Morewski's headshot

Avrom Morewski

Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos (as Abram Morewski)
Ajzyk Samberg's headshot

Ajzyk Samberg

Meszulach
Mojzesz Lipman's headshot

Mojzesz Lipman

Sender Brynicer ben Henie
Lili Liliana's headshot

Lili Liliana

Lea
Leon Liebgold's headshot

Leon Liebgold

Chanan ben Nisan
Dina Halpern's headshot

Dina Halpern

Aunt Frade
Max Bozyk's headshot

Max Bozyk

Nute (as Maks Bozyk)
M. Messinger's headshot

M. Messinger

Menasze

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