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Laughter through tears.

Title
Laughter through tears.
Publication
Waltham, Mass. : National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Kovenberg, J. K.
  • Goritcheva, A. D.
  • Cantor, D. A.
  • Silberman, S. J.
  • Silberman, F. K.
  • Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916.
  • Griṭsher-Ṭsheriḳoṿer, Grigori.
  • Sen-Elnikova, M. D.
  • VUFKU (Firm)
  • National Center for Jewish Film.
Description
1 videocassette (92 min.) : silent, black and white; 1/2 in.
Summary
Recreates a poor village in Tsarist Russia, and depicts Jewish family tradition, antisemitism, and economic hardship in the Soviet Union during the late 1920's.
Uniform Title
Skvoz slyozy. English.
Subject
  • Silent films
  • Jews > Russia > Drama
  • Feature films
  • Motion pictures, Yiddish
  • Foreign films
Note
  • Loosely based on the Motl Peysl stories by Sholem Aleichem.
  • Originally released as a motion picture in the Soviet Union in 1928.
Credits (note)
  • Producer, VUFKU (All-Ukrainian Photo-Cinema Administration) ; director, Grigori Gricher-Cherikover.
Performer (note)
  • J. K. Kovenberg, A. D. Goritcheva, M. D. Sen-Elnikova, D. A. Cantor, S. J. Silberman, F. K. Silberman, A. J. Vabnick, F. A. Soslovsky, M. L. Liarov, F. A. Kharitonov, B. Chernov, T. Brainin.
System Details (note)
  • VHS format.
Language (note)
  • Silent with English intertitles.
OCLC
  • ocm34005347
  • SCSB-3882979
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries