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The Jester (1937)

The Jester poster
Original title
Der Purimshpiler
Directed by
Jan Nowina-Przybylski
Genre
drama film, comedy film, Jewish film
Country
Poland
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A traveling jester brings laughter and music to a small Jewish community. The film shows his adventures as he performs and interacts with the townspeople.

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What happens

Der Purimspiler (English: The Jester,Yiddish: דער פורים שפּילער) is a 1937 Polish black-and-white Yiddish musical comedy film directed by Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylski, with music by Nicholas Brodszky. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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