Film
The Singing Blacksmith
United States- Age rating
- NR
- Director
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Year
- 1938
Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version of David Pinski’s play Yankl der Shmid. Singing, dancing, and flashing his eyes, Oysher gives his most robust performance as a passionate shtetl blacksmith who must struggle against temptation to become a mensch. Recently rediscovered footage makes this the most complete extant version of Ulmer’s lively folk operetta, replete with an example of Yiddish swing.
Top cast
Moise Oysher
Yankel
Miriam Riselle
Tamara
Florence Weiss
Rivke
Anna Appel
Chaya Peshe
Michael Goldstein
Raffuel
Lea Noemi
Mariashe
Max Vodnoy
Simche
Yudel Duldinsky
Reb' Aaron
Lube Wesely
Frumeh
Ben-Zvi Baratoff
Bendet
Herschel Bernardi
Yankel, as a boy
Rai Schneier
Rivke's Mother
Luba Rymer
Sprintze Gnesye
Benjamin Fishbein
Frolke
R. Wendroff
Ella
R. Shanock
Leah
Sophie Bressler
Maid
Libby Charney
First Girl
Directed by
Edgar G. Ulmer
Written by
David Pinski
Produced by
Roman Rebush