Not part of a collection.
The World of Sholom Aleichem
Based on the Writer Whose Stories Inspired The Fiddler on the Roof
This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included are: "A Tale of Chelm" starring Zero Mostel and Nancy Walker in the story of a bookseller attempting to buy a goat; "Bontche Schweig" about a poor man (Jack Gilford) whose recent arrival in Heaven makes the angels cry; and "The High School" about a Jewish merchant (Morris Carnovsky) persuaded by his wife (Gertrude Berg) to let their son attend a particular high school despite the enforcement of quotas for Jewish students.
- Original title
- The World of Sholom Aleichem
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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Gertrude Berg
Hannah
Sam Levene
Mendele
Zero Mostel
Melamed / Maxel
Morris Carnovsky
Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel
Lee Grant
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel
Nancy Walker
Rifkele
Jack Gilford
Bontsche Shveig / Angel
Charlotte Rae
The Angel Rochele
Henry Lascoe
Dodi the Innkeeper
Frederick Rolf
Rabbi David / Prosecuting Angel
Carl Reindel
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Bob Rafelson
Script Editor
Sholom Aleichem
Story
Trzy kroki po ziemi
Doce hombres sin piedad
Scary Tales: Night Elevator
Bioscope
Roots
Hyenas
The Karamazov Brothers
The Wiz Live!
Sister Cities
The Homecoming
Lust Stories
Benched
Bleak Moments
The Story of Three Loves
If You Were Me 2
Uprostřed babího léta ve stepi zahoukal vlak
Člověk odjinud
Kandidát strany
The Golem
LAUNDRY DAY
Remember
Tuesdays with Morrie
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Marvellous
Playing for Time
The Christmas Shoes
Iron Jawed Angels
Rent
Normal
Girl in the Box
Return to Zero
Oslo
TalhotBlond
My Dinner with Hervé
Cheaters
Burton and Taylor
American Son
Heaven
King Lear
Mansfield Park
Dec 14, 1959
