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Motel the Operator

Motel, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide. The richly-rendered beautiful Yiddish songs by Sholem Secunda featuring Cantor Leibele Waldman and Joel Feig's famous choir are a good example of the bittersweet melodrama in the finest tradition of the Yiddish theater.

Top Cast

  • Chaim Tauber

    Chaim Tauber

    Motel Friedman

  • Malvina Rappel

    Malvina Rappel

    Esther Friedman

  • Maurice Kroner

    Maurice Kroner

    Benjamin Rosenwald

  • Berthe Hart

    Berthe Hart

    Rebecca Rosenwald

  • Seymour Rechtzeit

    Seymour Rechtzeit

    Jack Rosenwald

  • Jacob Zanger

    Jacob Zanger

    Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin

  • Yetta Zwerling

    Yetta Zwerling

    Chane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin

  • Gertrude Krause

    Gertrude Krause

    Ruth Frumkin

  • Herman Rosen

    Herman Rosen

    Doctor

Overview

Motel, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide. The richly-rendered beautiful Yiddish songs by Sholem Secunda featuring Cantor Leibele Waldman and Joel Feig's famous choir are a good example of the bittersweet melodrama in the finest tradition of the Yiddish theater.

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