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Green Fields

Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholar ventures into the countryside, searching for the city of "true Jews," he learns some unexpected lessons from the Jewish peasants who take him in as a tutor for their children.

Top Cast

  • Michael Gorrin

    Michael Gorrin

    Levy Yitzchok - 'Levi Yitskhok'

  • Helen Beverly

    Helen Beverly

    Tzineh - 'Tsine'

  • Isidore Cashier

    Isidore Cashier

    Duvid Noiach - 'Dovid-Noich'

  • Anna Appel

    Anna Appel

    Rochel - 'Rokhl'

  • Max Vodnoy

    Max Vodnoy

    Alkuneh - 'Elkone'

  • Lea Noemi

    Lea Noemi

    Gittel - 'Gitl'

Overview

Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholar ventures into the countryside, searching for the city of "true Jews," he learns some unexpected lessons from the Jewish peasants who take him in as a tutor for their children.

Rating

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Relative Values

A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both Nigel's mother, Countess Felicity, and Miranda's former love fellow Hollywood star Don. Right before the engagement party at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend, reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, devises a plan - but an inebriated Don's arrival at Marshwood to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.

Relative Values

6.1 2000