The Dybbuk
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.
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Cast
32 people
Avrom Morewski
Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos (as Abram Morewski)
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The Ancient Law
The Tower of Silence
Ajzyk Samberg
Meszulach
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Bigamistka
Sholom Ansky
Michał Waszyński
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Zazdrość
Zygmunt Mayflauer
Ștefan Norris
Mojzesz Lipman
Sender Brynicer ben Henie
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The Vow
SA Kacyzna
Jacek Rotmil
Lili Liliana
Lea
Andrzej Marek
Henoch Kon
Michał Waszyński Director · Anatol Stern Writer Andrzej Marek Writer
United States release January 27, 1938 · Produced in Poland · Original title דער דיבוק
Production
Warszawskie Biuro Kinematograficzne Feniks
Production
Poland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
דער דיבוק
Original language
Yiddish
Spoken on screen
Yiddish
Release dates
Poland · September 29, 1937
Theatrical
United States · January 27, 1938
Theatrical
Belgium
October 28, 1938 · Brussels
France
May 18, 1938
Germany
February 17, 1992 · Berlin International Film Festival
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