The World of Sholom Aleichem

Dec 14, 1959

1h 38m

★ 0.0

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

Overview

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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Drama

TV Movie

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Cast

Hannah

Gertrude Berg

Mendele

Sam Levene

Melamed / Maxel

Zero Mostel

Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel

Morris Carnovsky

The Goatseller / Avenging Angel

Lee Grant

Rifkele

Nancy Walker

Bontsche Shveig / Angel

Jack Gilford

The Angel Rochele

Charlotte Rae

Elsa Freed

Dodi the Innkeeper

Henry Lascoe

(as Conrad Josephs)

Conrad Bromberg

Rabbi David / Prosecuting Angel

Frederick Rolf

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Black Terror

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Fifty years after Richard Wesley's original production of Black Terror, Richard Lawson directs a bi-coastal cast of revolutionaries on a daunting mission to free their people. As the Black Comrades Keusi, M'Balia, Geronimo, and Ahmed fight on the edge of life and death, the divide between them intensifies and widens.

7.2

Crossroad

Oct 13, 2017

Crossroad is a first -of-its-kind portmanteau movie celebrating womanhood and tells the story of ten women, facing ten different life situations and explores how they tackle it. The movie encompasses ten feature films of fifteen minutes each, with each featuring prominent female artists from Malayalam film industry as the protagonist and is directed by a prominent Malayalam filmmaker. The movie showcases the vibrant facet of each woman and tells the story from her perspective.

7.4

Cabaret

Feb 13, 1972

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

7.2

Steel Magnolias

Nov 15, 1989

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

7.1

Quills

Nov 22, 2000

In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls. As the authorities tighten control, a clash unfolds between the Marquis’ unyielding imagination, the reformist ideals of the Abbé in charge, and the repressive measures of a doctor sent to silence him. Desire, power, and censorship collide in a battle over freedom of expression.

7.2

Beautiful Thing

Jun 21, 1996

During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

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Emilia Galotti

Nov 20, 1984

A tragedy by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

7.3

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Sep 28, 1966

Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.

3.8

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

Dec 22, 2011

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.

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Yegor Bulychyov and Others

Aug 1, 1953

Major timber merchant Yegor Bulychyov is terminally ill. In his house, he is surrounded by insignificant and greedy people, impatiently waiting for his death. Clever and insightful Yegor understands that he lived his whole life with strangers. He protests in his own way against the dissimulation and hypocrisy of the "masters" - the clergy, liberals, against the foundations of the bourgeois society that is going to collapse. Bulychyov's dying curse drowns his class in the powerful sounds of a revolutionary song.

5.2

The West Side Waltz

Nov 23, 1995

Margaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the violin accompanying Margaret at the piano. Because of her arthritis she accepts the housemaid Robin who wants to become an actress. With this naive pretty girl her life gets suddently really exciting and she makes a lot of new friends.

6.1

Metro... In Dino

Jul 4, 2025

Follows interconnected stories of several different couples, each facing a crossroads at different stages in their lives and relationships.

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Don't Buy the Liverwurst

Apr 25, 2025

Washed-up novelty musician Reuben Gimbel wants to resurrect his career after his agent dies.

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Dulcinea

Jun 9, 1947

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7.0

One Night in Miami...

Dec 25, 2020

In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.

7.4

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Oct 5, 1972

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.

6.6

Strictly Ballroom

Aug 20, 1992

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

6.7

Marvin's Room

Dec 18, 1996

A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.

7.3

The Phantom of the Opera

Dec 8, 2004

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

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