The poor tailor Perchyk who dreams to buy a she-goat lives in a small town. Meanwhile, Perchyk’s daughter Frida falls in love with the unemployed Elia. Perchyk is totally against their marriage, as he cannot buy a she-goat if the son-in-law does not have any money. Finally, Perchyk buys a she-goat from a rich tavern owner but he gives him… a goat. Moreover, a police officer dissatisfied with the tailored uniform forges a document, according to which Perchyk and his whole family are expelled from the town as troublemakers.
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Cast
28 people
Ivan Kaveberg
Shimen-Ele Perchyk
Also in
The Laws of the Storm
Anna Goricheva
Tsipe-Beyle-Reza
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Benya Krik
The Little Shoes
Sholom Aleichem
Grigori Gritscher-Tscherikower
Iosif Shpinel
Mariya Sinelnikova
Brukha / Frida
Known for
The Snow Queen
Sholom Secunda
D. Kantor
Elya Peyse
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D Cantor
Eli Peyse, her suitor
I Skvirski
Friedrich Verago-Darovsky
Moshele Zilberman
Motele Peyse
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Hryhorii Hrycher Director · Sholom Aleichem Author Sholom Secunda Composer
United States release November 12, 1933 · Produced in Russia · Original title Крізь сльози
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VUFKU
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Крізь сльози
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · April 2, 1928
Kyiv, Ukraine
United States · November 12, 1933
Premiere
Russia
April 2, 1928 · Premiere · Kyiv
January 8, 1929 · Premiere · Moscow
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