
Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version of David Pinski’s play Yankl der Shmid. Singing, dancing, and flashing his eyes, Oysher gives his most robust performance as a passionate shtetl blacksmith who must struggle against temptation to become a mensch. Recently rediscovered footage makes this the most complete extant version of Ulmer’s lively folk operetta, replete with an example of Yiddish swing.

as Yankel

as Tamara

as Rivke

as Chaya Peshe

as Raffuel

as Mariashe

as Simche

as Reb' Aaron

as Frumeh

as Bendet

as Yankel, as a boy

as Rivke's Mother

as Sprintze Gnesye

as Frolke

as Ella

as Leah

as Maid

as First Girl

as Second Girl

as Chaike

as Seamstress