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The Cantor's Son

This musical drama marks the screen debut of Moishe Oysher, in a film critic J. Hoberman calls an "anti-Jazz Singer." Oysher stars as a wayward youth who makes his way from his Polish shtetl to New York's Lower East Side where he is "discovered" and becomes a well-known singer. Ultimately, he returns home to the Old Country and reunites with his parents and his childhood sweetheart.

Top Cast

  • Moyshe Oysher

    Moyshe Oysher

    Saul 'Shloimele' Reichman

  • Florence Weiss

    Florence Weiss

    Helen

  • Judith Abarbanel

    Judith Abarbanel

    Rivke

  • Michael Rosenberg

    Michael Rosenberg

    Yossel Lutchik

  • Juda Bleich

    Juda Bleich

    Cantor Zanvel Reichman

  • Bertha Guttenberg

    Bertha Guttenberg

    Malke Reichman

  • Isidore Cashier

    Isidore Cashier

    W.H. Rosovitch

  • Vicki Marcus

    Vicki Marcus

    Saul as a young boy

  • Lorraine Abarbanal

    Lorraine Abarbanal

    Rivke as a young girl

Overview

This musical drama marks the screen debut of Moishe Oysher, in a film critic J. Hoberman calls an "anti-Jazz Singer." Oysher stars as a wayward youth who makes his way from his Polish shtetl to New York's Lower East Side where he is "discovered" and becomes a well-known singer. Ultimately, he returns home to the Old Country and reunites with his parents and his childhood sweetheart.

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