
Zvee Scooler
Oyuncu · 1899 – 1985 · Kamianets-Podilskyï, Ukraine
Zvee Scooler (December 1, 1899 – March 25, 1985) was a Russian-born American actor and radio commentator. He was born in Kamenets-Podolsky (now Ukraine). He performed in both Yiddish and English, on the stage, television, and film. He is probably best known for his roles in Fiddler on the Roof, playing Mordcha, the innkeeper in the Broadway play and the rabbi in the film version. He appeared as Duddy's grandfather in the 1974 film "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz". Another of his more notable roles was that of Boris' father in Woody Allen's Love and Death. He was known as the Grammeister on WEVD, a Yiddish radio station in New York City. Every Sunday, Scooler presented a ten-minute segment on the radio show, Forward Hour, which was news and commentary in rhyme. He died in New York City on March 25, 1985, at age 85. Source: Article "Zvee Scooler" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Film7.7DramRomantik1907 de Sholom Aleichem tarafindan yazilmis olan "Tevye ve Kızları" adli kitabın 1964'te broadway de sahnelenen muzikalinin adı. Rusya'da kucuk bi yahudi kasabasinda yasayan sütçü Tevye'nin ailesinin geleneklerini korumak istemesini ve değişen dünyaya ayak uyduramamasını anlatır. Büyük kızı kendi sectiği zengin kasap yerine fakir bi terziyle evlenmek istemektedir. Tevye iki arada bi derede kalır ve olaylar gelişir...
Film7.4KomediJacob, bir hahamdır ve uzun yıllar sonra Fransa'ya dönmeye hazırlanır. Amerika'da yaşadığı süre boyunca çok sevilmiştir. Ancak bir gün, Schmolls ailesi onu bir kutlama için davet eder. Otuz yılın ardından Fransa'ya gitme zamanı gelmiştir. Bu sırada, kaba ve bağnaz bir karakter olan Victor, ertesi gün evlenecek olan kızı için Normandiya'ya doğru yola çıkar. Yolda şoförüyle birlikte kaza yapar ve arabaları göle düşer. Yahudi şoför, Victor'a yardım etmeyince Victor onu kovar. Bu arada, Arap lider Mohamed Larbi Slimane kaçırılmıştır. Victor, istemeden de olsa Slimane'ye yardım eder ve onu kurtarır. Bu ikili, polis ve katillerden kaçarken kimliklerini gizlemek için Haham Jacob ve arkadaşı Haham Samuel'e saldırır. Kıyafetlerini ve sakallarını çalarlar. İşte bu kimlik değiştirme, son derece eğlenceli ve bol kahkahalı olayların başlangıcı olacaktır.
Film7.5KomediRomantikNapolyon, Çarlık Rusya’sını işgal etmek isterken, Boris Grushenko adlı korkak bir Rus ülkesini korumaya ve ülkesi icin savaşmaya zorlanır. Fransız ordusu, sayıca çok daha fazla ve daha güçlü olduğu için Rusya savaşı kaybeder. Napolyon artık Moskova’ya ulaşmıştır. Boris, savaşmanın bile saçma olduğunu düşünürken, yeni evlendiği genç karısı tek çarelerinin Napolyon’u öldürmek olduğunu söyler. Rusya’nın tarihini komik bir dille anlatan Woody Allen; aşk ve ölüm üzerine de derin bir felsefe yapıyor.
Film6.6KomediGerilimNew York'ta kılık değiştirme ustası bir seri katille onu yakalamaya çalışan dedektif Morris Brummel'in soluk soluğa bir kedi fare oyunu.
Film5.9DramZharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.
King of the Gypsies
1978 · 24 votes
Film4.4KomediMartin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school. Romantic dalliances with others convince them that they're meant to be together despite their differences, a decision that's cemented, oddly enough, by an over-the-top argument that draws the police.
Thieves
1977 · 5 votes
Film6.1DramKomediThe younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974 · 29 votes
Film6.3DramRomantikA Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.
Hester Street
1975 · 41 votes
Film6.0DramÖlüm döşeğindeki oğlunu kurtarmak isteyen Yunan asıllı Amerikalı baba, bir umutla onu ata toprakları Yunanistan'a götürmeye karar verir. Temiz havanın çocuğuna şifa olacağını düşünür, ancak yol masrafları için gereken parayı bulmak büyük bir engeldir.
Film4.6DramThis film is made up of three segments that share no plot but have a general thematic relationship. In the first segment, Virginia and her three children are left by her shiftless husband and she is courted by an old beau who is now divorced. In the second, a divorced woman reacts to some unexpected revelations from her aged father. In the third, a childless, middle-aged social worker is swept into an affair with a young cab driver and finds herself pregnant.
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 · 4 votes
Film7.0RomantikDramWealthy, powerful sweatshop owner falls in love with employee's teenage daughter, who feels obligated to marry him after he shares his wealth with her parents, though she actually loves a young Marxist unionizer.
Uncle Moses
1932 · 3 votes
Film5.0DramSuçAn insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels.
Lady Ice
1973 · 23 votes
Film5.1KomediRomantikA put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlfriend by buying his own restaurant in midtown Manhattan.
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
1984 · 11 votes
Film6.9DramMüzikWhen a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task—using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners who are sentenced to die in the gas chambers.
Playing for Time
1980 · 59 votes
Film8.0DramThe story of a mentally handicapped middle-aged man and how he, and his elderly parents who must take care of him, manage to get along in New York City.
Andy
1965 · 2 votes
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Dizi5.7DramSuçNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
Naked City
1958 · 13 votes