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Jewish Life in Krakow (1939)

Jewish Life in Krakow (1939)

Documentary
Release Date: 1939, April 21
Directors: Saul Goskind, Yitzhak Goskind
Countries: Poland
Cast: Asher Lerner

Overview:

Focusing on Cracow's Jewish quarter, this film intermingles old and new, using music to enhance the images. Streetcars share tree-lined streets with horse-drawn carriages; people conduct business under umbrella-covered markets and arcaded market halls; parks and schoolyards host sports, games and animated discussions. Scenes of the famous Remu Synagogue and the Alte Shul, an orphanage, a hospital, the Jewish Community Council, and several schools convey the vitality of this age-old Jewish community.