Jolly Paupers (1937)
- Original title
- Freylikhe kabtsonim
- Directed by
- Leon Jeannot
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Poland
- Runtime
- 1h 02m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A pair of comedians get into misadventures in a small Jewish town. The film pokes fun at the customs and struggles of shtetl life.
lightheartedsatiricalcomedicbriskplayfulobservationalhumorous
What happens
Jolly Paupers (original title in Yiddish: פריילעכע קבצנים, romanized: Di freylekhe kabtsonim; title in Polish: Weseli biedacy) is a 1937 Yiddish-language black and white comedy film shot in Interwar Poland by Kinor film company in 1937. It was directed by Léon Jeannot and Zygmunt Turkow and starred the popular Polish comic duo Shimon Dzigan and Israel Shumacher. The film was a satire on the life and culture of shtetl. The film was restored in 1985, with English captions added. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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