The Dybbuk

The Dybbuk

1937 · 125 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Fantasy, Music

In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Soon after, one of them dies, and the wife of the other dies in childbirth. The children grow up in different towns, without ever knowing of the betrothal, but the power of the vow leads them to meet each other when they are marriageable. The young woman, Leah, is promised to another man, but Channon, the son of the father who died, is a practitioner of mysticism, and seeks to win his bride through sorcery.

Directed by Michał Waszyński · Written by Anatol Stern

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Avrom Morewski Rabbi Ezeriel ben Hodos (as Abram Morewski)
Ajzyk Samberg Meszulach
Mojzesz Lipman Sender Brynicer ben Henie
Lili Liliana Lea
Leon Liebgold Chanan ben Nisan
Dina Halpern Aunt Frade
Max Bozyk Nute (as Maks Bozyk)
M. Messinger Menasze
Gerszon Lemberger Nisan ben Rifke
Samuel Bronecki Nachman (as S. Bronecki)
Samuel Landau Zalman - swat
Judith Berg Dancer

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