Mirele Efros

Mirele Efros

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 20, 1939

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Mirele Efros

Director

Josef Berne

Description

Mirele Efros, "the Jewish Queen Lear," was the masterpiece of Ukrainian-born Jacob Gordin, an enormously influential Yiddish playwright whose works sought to describe and promulgate the ethos of mentshlekhkeyt: the practice of honesty, decency, and devotion toward family and community. This sophisticated version of his stage classic faithfully recreates Jewish life in turn-of-the-century Grodno, Poland.