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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Cast & Crew.
Szymon Dżigan
Ysrael Szumacher
Jenna Lovic
Menasha Oppenheim
Anna Appel
Leon Jeannot
Director
Anna Appel
Actress
Max Bozyk
Actor
Mosze Broderson
Writer
Maks Bryn
Actor
Adolf Forbert
Director of Photography
Jecheskiel Mosze Neuman
Adaptation
Fela Garbarz
Actress
Szmulik Goldsztejn
Actor
Hersz Hart
Actor
Saul Goskind
Producer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 2, 1937
Original NameFreylikhe kabtsonim
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 2m
Genres
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Wiki.
Jolly Paupers (original title in Yiddish: פריילעכע קבצנים, romanized: Di freylekhe kabtsonim; title in Polish: 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.