God of Vengeance

Nov 10, 1912

0h 37m

★ 0.0

Overview

A Jewish brothel owner attempts to become respectable by commissioning a Torah scroll and marrying off his daughter to a yeshiva student.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pathé

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Cast

Yankel Shepshovich, house master

Izrael Arko

Sara, Yankel's wife

Chine Braginska

Rivkele, Yankel's daughter

Brandeska

Gindl, the virgin

Kundinskaya

Manka, the virgin

Zaslavskaya

Reyzel, the virgin

Mania Arko

Shleime

Misza Fiszzon

Ele, rabbi

Kundinskiy

Seyfer

Iris

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