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A Vilna Legend
(reissue of Tkies Kaf 1924)
Boston Premiere
USA, 1933, 60 minutes, B&W, newly restored 35mm print
Yiddish narration with English subtitles
Director: George Roland
Narrator: Joseph Buloff
1924 Credits: Director: Zygmund Turkow
Cast: Ester-Rokhl Kaminska, Ida Kaminska, Zygmund TurkowA precursor to the 1937 classic, The Dybbuk, A Vilna Legend features a tale of frustrated love and destiny with the breaking/fulfillment of vows. A yeshiva student and an orphan girl who are deeply in love face eternal separation even though their parents promised them to each other before birth. In 1933, a group of New York Yiddish actors decided to give the original 1924 gem a new lease on life by adding a narration and several new scenes, which gave dramatic justification to the narrative form.
Program preceded by a live performance of traditional Yiddish folk melodies by A Besere Velt, the Yiddish Community Chorus of The Workmen’s Circle.
Discussant: Sharon Pucker Rivo, National Center for Jewish Film
Sponsor: The Workmen's Circle and The Rita J and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation
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