This semi-documentary film (and Poland’s last Yiddish feature) features the comedy duo Shimon Dzigan and Israel Shumacher who had recently returned from the Soviet Union, and Jewish children who had survived the Holocaust. Directed on location by Nathan Gross and Shaul Goskind at at the JDC-supported Helenowek Colony, an orphanage and school near Lodz, this film includes Dzigan and Shumacher's virtuoso turn as all the characters in Sholem Aleichem's Kasrilevke Brent (Kasrilevke is Burning), and an exchange of roles where they become the children's audience. Reversals continue during the performers' visit to the children's residence, as the children teach adults about the healing possibilities of music, dance and storytelling.
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Cast
26 people
Shimon Dzigan
Himself
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Jolly Paupers
Israel Schumacher
Himself
Sholom Aleichem
Natan Gross
Shimen Dzigan
Dzigan
Saul Goskind
Nusia Gold
Orphanage Director
Ysrael Szumacher
Schumacher
Rachel Auerbach
Nathan Meisler
Teacher
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The Winchell Affair
Szkice węglem
Bronislaw Brok
Niusia Gold
Orphanage Directress
Shaul Goskind Director · Natan Gross Director Shaul Berezowski Composer
First release January 1, 1948 · Produced in Poland · Original title אונדזערע קינדער
Production
Poland
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Original title
אונדזערע קינדער
Original language
Yiddish
Spoken on screen
Yiddish
Release dates
Poland · January 1, 1948
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
March 23, 2007 · Vancouver International Jewish Film Festival
France
April 23, 1952 · Theatrical
Israel
January 1, 1951 · Premiere
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