Yidl Mitn Fidl
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Yidl Mitn Fidl is a classic 1936 Yiddish musical comedy film starring Molly Picon as a young woman who disguises herself as a boy to join a traveling klezmer band.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yiddish-language film
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black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ musical comedy film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yiddish cinema ⓘ |
| castMember |
Leon Liebgold
NERFINISHED
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Max Bozyk NERFINISHED ⓘ Molly Picon NERFINISHED ⓘ Simche Fostel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterGenderDisguise | female character posing as male ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Seweryn Steinwurzel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Poland
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext | Ashkenazi Jewish culture in interwar Poland ⓘ |
| director |
Jan Nowina-Przybylski
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Joseph Green Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | pre-World War II cinema ⓘ |
| features |
cross-dressing protagonist
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traveling klezmer band ⓘ |
| featuresMusicStyle | klezmer ⓘ |
| filmingCountry | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Kazimierz Dolny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
musical comedy
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romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family and tradition
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gender disguise ⓘ music and identity ⓘ |
| language | Yiddish ⓘ |
| leadActress | Molly Picon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadRolePlayedBy | Molly Picon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Yidl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Abraham Ellstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the best-known Yiddish films of the 1930s
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its portrayal of Eastern European Jewish shtetl life ⓘ |
| originalAudience | Yiddish-speaking audiences ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young woman disguises herself as a boy to join a traveling klezmer band. ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | surviving Yiddish film frequently restored and screened ⓘ |
| producer | Joseph Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 92 minutes ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| setting | Polish countryside ⓘ |
| stars | Molly Picon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Yidl Mitn Fidl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Yiddle with His Fiddle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Itzik Manger
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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