
Motel the Operator
Drama
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.
Top Cast
Chaim Tauber
Chaim Tauber
Motel Friedman
Chaim Tauber
Motel Friedman
Malvina Rappel
Malvina Rappel
Esther Friedman
Malvina Rappel
Esther Friedman
Maurice Kroner
Maurice Kroner
Benjamin Rosenwald
Maurice Kroner
Benjamin Rosenwald
Berthe Hart
Berthe Hart
Rebecca Rosenwald
Berthe Hart
Rebecca Rosenwald
Seymour Rechtzeit
Seymour Rechtzeit
Jack Rosenwald
Seymour Rechtzeit
Jack Rosenwald
Jacob Zanger
Jacob Zanger
Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin
Jacob Zanger
Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin
Yetta Zwerling
Yetta Zwerling
Chane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin
Yetta Zwerling
Chane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin
Gertrude Krause
Gertrude Krause
Ruth Frumkin
Gertrude Krause
Ruth Frumkin
Herman Rosen
Herman Rosen
Doctor
Herman Rosen
Doctor
Izidor Frankel
Izidor Frankel
Boss
Izidor Frankel
Boss
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