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The World of Sholom Aleichem

The World of Sholom Aleichem

Based on the Writer Whose Stories Inspired The Fiddler on the Roof

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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.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

14 December 1959

Country

United States of America

Cast

Gertrude Berg

Gertrude Berg

Hannah

Sam Levene

Sam Levene

Mendele

Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Melamed / Maxel

Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky

Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

The Goatseller / Avenging Angel

Nancy Walker

Nancy Walker

Rifkele

Jack Gilford

Jack Gilford

Bontsche Shveig / Angel

Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae

The Angel Rochele

Elsa Freed

Elsa Freed

Henry Lascoe

Henry Lascoe

Dodi the Innkeeper

Conrad Bromberg

Conrad Bromberg

(as Conrad Josephs)

Frederick Rolf

Frederick Rolf

Rabbi David / Prosecuting Angel

Dora Weissman

Dora Weissman

Carl Reindel

Carl Reindel

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