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God's Punishment (1913)

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Original title
גאָטס שטראָף
Directed by
Abraham Izaak Kamiński
Genre
drama film
Country
Poland
Runtime
30 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A rabbi and his wife face hardship in a story based on a literary source. The film is a silent drama from early cinema.

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What happens

Die Strafe Gottes (Originaltitel Gots shtrof oder Gots sztrof, polnischer Titel Kara Boża, alternativ Przekleństwo losu) ist ein jiddischer Stummfilm aus dem russischen Polen von 1913, den Abraham Izaak Kamiński, assistiert von H. Fiszer, nach einer literarischen Vorlage gedreht hat. In der Hauptrolle des Rabbi Gindman ist Samuel Landau zu sehen. Seine Frau Adela wird von Regina Kamińska gespielt. Die Schauspieler rekrutierten sich aus dem jiddischen Theater von Abraham Isaak Kamiński (1867–1918) in Warschau. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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