A Letter to Mama
1938, Yiddish. Directed by Leon Trystan & Joseph Green.
One of the last Yiddish films made in Poland before the Nazi invasion, this film tells the story of a mother's persistent struggles to support her three children in pre-war World War II Polish Ukraine. After her family is pulled apart by severe poverty and the turmoil of war, she and her children make their way to New York and turn to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society for help.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Yiddish
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- Released
- 2 January 1938
- Original title
- A Brivele der mamen
- Country
- Poland, United States of America
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A Letter to Mama runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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A Letter to Mama isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 1938. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Letter to Mama?
A Letter to Mama (1938) was directed by Leon Trystan and Joseph Green and stars Lucy Gehrman, Misha Gehrman, Gertrude Bulman.