Dem Chasns Sundel
USA 1937
This Yiddish musical drama marks the screen debut of singer and cantor Moishe Oysher. Shot in Pennsylvania, the film features Oysher in the title role of a young Jew who makes his way from his Polish shtetl to New York's Lower East Side. Ultimately, Oysher's character returns home to the Old Country and reunites with his parents and his childhood sweetheart. After film director Sidney M. Goldin suffered a fatal heart attack during the production, he was replaced by Stanislavsky-protege Ilya Motlyeff, who is credited as the film’s director. "A deft combination of comedy, romance and outstanding music, this new Jewish picture will appeal tremendously to the Jewish fans. A fine cast, well done story and deft direction combined with an unusually beautiful musical score, make this one of the most outstanding Jewish pictures produced in this country" (Film Daily, December 1937).
Originaltitel: Dem Chasns Sundel
Deutscher Titel: The Cantor´s Son
Format: Beta SP
Länge: 90 Min.
Fassung: Jiddische Originalfassung mit englischen Untertiteln
Farbe: Schwarzweiß
Regie: Ilya Motyleff, Sidney M. Goldin
Drehbuch: Louis Freiman, Mark Schweid
Darsteller: Moishe Oysher (Saul „Shloimele“ Reichman), Florence Weiss (Helen), Judith Abarbanel (Rivke), Michael Rosenberg (Yossel Lutchik), Juda Bleich (Kantor Zanvel Reichman/Cantor Zanvel Reichman), Bertha Guttenberg (Malke Reichman), Isidore Cashier (W. H. R
Kamera: Frank Zucker
Schnitt: Leonard Weiss
Musik: Aleksandr Olshanetsky
Ton: Clarence R.Wall
Produktion: Eron Pictures Inc.

