SCREENINGS

Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival (2009)
Festival of Jewish Cinema, Australia (2007)
Sacramento Jewish Film Festival (2004)

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Two friends make a sacred pact pledging their newborn children, Rachel and Mendel, in marriage. Years pass, Rachel's father dies, and the two children, knowing nothing of their fathers' pledge, meet for the first time and fall in love. But Mendel's father insists his son study at the Vilna Yeshiva, and Rachel's rich old landlord insists on marrying her.

Based on the same legend as S. Ansky's classic play The Dybbuk, this spirited film offers the divine intervention of Elijah and a happy ending. Made in 1937 on the eve of the Holocaust, The Vow captures authentic scenes of Jewish shtetl life, Yiddish love songs, and the clash between tradition and modernity. Yiddish theater diva Dina Halpern stars as Rachel.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"A romantic and simple story, unfolded against a moving background of legendary and religious significance"
- The Film Daily

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HOME USE ONLY $36.00 plus shipping Home Use Only DVD (Not for Classroom/Institutional Use) Does not include Public Performance Rights Home Use Policy (pdf)

INSTITUTIONAL USE $72.00 plus shipping Classroom/Institutional Use Only DVD Does not include Public Performance Rights Institutional Use Policy (pdf)

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The Vow
Tkies Kaf

Poland, 1937, 82 minutes B&W, Yiddish with English subtitles
Directed by Henryk Szabo

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$36 Home Use DVD
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Public Exhibition 16MM, Beta Rental also available