Green Fields (1937)
1h 46m
Running Time
January 1, 1937Release Date
Plot.
Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholar ventures into the countryside, searching for the city of "true Jews," he learns some unexpected lessons from the Jewish peasants who take him in as a tutor for their children.
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1937
Original NameGrine Felder
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Genres
Wiki.
Green Fields (Yiddish: גרינע פֿעלדער, trans. Grine Felder) is a 1937 American comedy-drama Yiddish film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and Jacob Ben-Ami. The film features child actor Herschel Bernardi, later to be an adult star on Broadway, in films and on television.