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Laughter through tears.

Title
  1. Laughter through tears.
Published by
  1. Waltham, Mass. : National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional authors
  1. Kovenberg, J. K.
  2. Goritcheva, A. D.
  3. Cantor, D. A.
  4. Silberman, S. J.
  5. Silberman, F. K.
  6. Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916.
  7. Griṭsher-Ṭsheriḳoṿer, Grigori.
  8. Sen-Elnikova, M. D.
  9. VUFKU (Firm)
  10. National Center for Jewish Film.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (92 min.) : silent, black and white; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Recreates a poor village in Tsarist Russia, and depicts Jewish family tradition, antisemitism, and economic hardship in the Soviet Union during the late 1920's.
Uniform title
  1. Skvoz slyozy. English.
Subject
  1. Feature films
  2. Motion pictures, Yiddish
  3. Silent films
  4. Foreign films
  5. Jews > Russia > Drama
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Loosely based on the Motl Peysl stories by Sholem Aleichem.
  2. Originally released as a motion picture in the Soviet Union in 1928.
Credits (note)
  1. Producer, VUFKU (All-Ukrainian Photo-Cinema Administration) ; director, Grigori Gricher-Cherikover.
Performer (note)
  1. J. K. Kovenberg, A. D. Goritcheva, M. D. Sen-Elnikova, D. A. Cantor, S. J. Silberman, F. K. Silberman, A. J. Vabnick, F. A. Soslovsky, M. L. Liarov, F. A. Kharitonov, B. Chernov, T. Brainin.
System details (note)
  1. VHS format.
Language (note)
  1. Silent with English intertitles.