Released:
1937-01-02

Overview:
Getsel, a wandering Purim player, comes to a Galica village and gets a job with Reb Nuchem, the shoemaker. He falls in love with Esther, the shoemaker's daughter, but knows she is in love with a wandering circus player. However, Getzel is content in his work and dreams. Esther's father inherits a fortune and attempts to marry her to a man of his choice, but she flees with Getzel to Warsaw, where he meets and marries the circus player. Getzel returns to the village and is blamed for Esther's disappearance until she shows up and explains what happened. Getzel shoulders his pack and wanders on to another village.

Directors:
Jan Nowina-Przybylski, Joseph Green

Runtime:
1h 28min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Zygmunt Turkow
  as
  Getsel
• 
  Miriam Kressyn
  as
  Esther
• 
  Eni Liton
  as
  Leah
• 
  Hymie Jacobson
  as
  Dick
• 
  Ayzyk Samburg
  as
  Reb Nukhem