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
