The World of Sholom Aleichem
# Based on the Writer Whose Stories Inspired The Fiddler on the Roof
π Overview:
This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included are: "A Tale of Chelm" starring Zero Mostel and Nancy Walker in the story of a bookseller attempting to buy a goat; "Bontche Schweig" about a poor man (Jack Gilford) whose recent arrival in Heaven makes the angels cry; and "The High School" about a Jewish merchant (Morris Carnovsky) persuaded by his wife (Gertrude Berg) to let their son attend a particular high school despite the enforcement of quotas for Jewish students.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1959-12-14
β Running Time:
98 mins
β Vote Average:
0.0
Beloved Cast
Hannah
Gertrude Berg
Mendele
Sam Levene
Melamed / Maxel
Zero Mostel
Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel
Morris Carnovsky
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Lee Grant
Rifkele
Nancy Walker
Bontsche Shveig / Angel
Jack Gilford
The Angel Rochele
Charlotte Rae
Elsa Freed
Dodi the Innkeeper
Henry Lascoe
(as Conrad Josephs)
Conrad Bromberg
Rabbi David / Prosecuting Angel
Frederick Rolf
Dora Weissman
Carl Reindel
