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Tkies-khaf = The vow / Leo-Film ; screenplay, Henryk Bojm ; director, Henryk Szaro.
LIBRA VHS PJ5129.H5 T552 1995
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Hirschbein, Peretz, 1880-1948--Film adaptations.
- Hirschbein, Peretz.
- Hirschbein, Peretz, 1880-1948.
- Jews--Poland--Social life and customs--Drama.
- Jews.
- Jews, Polish--Drama.
- Jews, Polish.
- Motion pictures, Yiddish.
- Manners and customs.
- Poland.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Vow
- Title on container : Tḳies̀-kaf
- Place of Publication:
- Teaneck, NJ : Ergo Media Inc., [1995]
- Language Note:
- In Yiddish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- The prophet Elijah makes a supernatural appearance whenever a wrong marriage seems about to take place; complicating the plot are a villainous rich man, his stooge and a marriage broker. Portrays the orthodox practice and social life and customs of Polish Jews in the 1930's.
- Participant:
- Zygmund Turkow, Dina Halpern, Kurt Katch, Moyshe Lipman.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, St. Lipinski ; music, Iso Szajewicz.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in Poland in 1937.
- Based on the play Tḳies̀-kaf by Peretz Hirschbein.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1560821558
- OCLC:
- 32994198
- Publisher Number:
- 768 Ergo Media Inc.
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