FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

Cinebeasts/Anthology Film Archive, New York (2012)
Pacific Film Archive (2009)
Vienna Jewish Film Festival, Vienna Film Archive (2008)
Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival (2002)
Miami Jewish Film Festival (1998)

A small classic of Yiddish absurdism (made from outtakes from the Joseph Seiden feature I Want to Be a Mother)– showcases Leo Fuchs' comic virtuosity. Fuchs and Yetta Zwerling play a husband and wife who seek to reignite their marriage by pretending to be landlady and tenant in a flurry of comic role-reversals.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

“If you can’t laugh at yourself, it’s going to be a tough life.”
– Joseph Seiden, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

CREDITS

Produced & Directed by Joseph Seiden
Starring Leo Fuchs, Yetta Zwerling

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I Want to Be A Boarder
Ikh Vil Zayn a Boarder

USA, 1937, 15 minutes, B&W
Yiddish with English subtitles
Produced & Directed by Joseph Seiden

RESTORED
with New English Subtitles by
The National Center for Jewish Film

DVD Available with American Matchmaker Buy Now

Public Exhibition Beta, 16MM, 35MM Rental also available