The Yiddish King Lear
1934, Yiddish. Directed by Harry Thomashefsky.
Setting off from Vilna to spend his last days in the Holy Land, an arrogant old man spurns the youngest of his three daughters and leaves his fortune in the wrong hands.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Yiddish
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Harry ThomashefskyDirector
- Maurice KrohnerDavid Moshele, the Yiddish King Lear
- Fannie LevensteinHanna Lear, Mosheles' wife
- Jacob BergreenJoffe
- Miriam GrossmanToibelle, Mosheles' youngest daughter
- Eddie PascalShomoi
- Rose SchwartzbergServant
- Morris WeismanAbraham Chariff
- Jeannette PaskewichEstelle, Mosheles' eldest daughter
- Morris TarlowskyMoses Chorid
- Esther AdlerGitelle, Mosheles' second daughter
- Harold SchutzmanCast
- Anne G. SterlingAttractive Girl (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 1 October 1934
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Abraham Armband
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The Yiddish King Lear isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 October 1934. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Yiddish King Lear?
The Yiddish King Lear (1934) was directed by Harry Thomashefsky and stars Maurice Krohner, Fannie Levenstein, Jacob Bergreen.