Summary
Gitl, a young Jewish woman, comes to America in the 1890s, only to discover that her husband, Jake, has given up the ways of the old country and taken up with a new girlfriend.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Jews
-- New York (State)
-- New York
-- Drama.
Married people -- Drama. New York (N.Y.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Drama. New York (State) -- History -- 19th century -- Drama. Feature films. Historical films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. |
| Publisher | [Bellevue, Washington?] :Scorpion Releasing,2015 Distributed by Kino Lorber Inc., |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Yekl. |
| Contributors |
Silver, Raphael D.,
film producer. Silver, Joan Micklin, screenwriter, film director. Kane, Carol, 1952- actor. Keats, Steven, 1945-1994, actor. Roberts, Doris, 1925-2016, actor. Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951. Yekl. Midwest Film Production, Inc., production company. Scorpion Releasing (Firm), publisher. Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor. |
| Participants/Performers |
Carol Kane, Steven Keats, Doris Roberts. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Kenneth Van Sickle ; editor, Katherine Wenning. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Language |
English Title from container. |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1975. Based on the novella Yekl by Abraham Cahan. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby digital. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |