Jolly Paupers (1937)
1h 2m
Running Time
January 2, 1937Release Date
Plot.
In this musical comedy, the comic duo Dzigan and Shumacher play two small town "entrepreneurs" who believe they have struck oil in a local field. Thus begins a comedy of errors, including millionaire investors, American schemers, and insane asylums, with a little matchmaking on the side.
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 2, 1937
Original NameFreylikhe kabtsonim
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 2m
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Wiki.
Jolly Paupers (original title: Yiddish: פריילעכע קבצנים Di freylekhe kabtsonim, Polish title: Weseli biedacy) is a 1937 Yiddish-language black and white comedy film shot in Interwar Poland by Kinor film company in 1937. It was directed by Léon Jeannot and Zygmunt Turkow and starred the popular Polish comic duo Shimon Dzigan and Israel Shumacher. The film was a satire on the life and culture of shtetl.The film was restored in 1985, with English captions added.