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Almonds and Raisins (1984)

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Film details

Featuring

Orson Welles Herschel Bernardi Joseph Green
Countries

United Kingdom USA
Year

1984
Genre

Documentary
Type

Film
Category

Non Fiction

Synopsis

Tells the story of the Yiddish cinema which flourished in New York through the 1930's, using extracts, documentary footage of pre-war New York Jewish districts and interviews with such stalwarts of the Yiddish screen as actors Leo Fuchs and Seymour Rechtzeit and director Joseph Green.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - narrator
    
    Orson Welles
  - on-screen participant
    
    Herschel Bernardi
  - on-screen participant
    
    Joseph Green
  - on-screen participant
    
    Zvee Scooler
  - on-screen participant
    
    Seymour Rechtzeit
  - on-screen participant
    
    Leo Fuchs
  - on-screen participant
    
    Miriam Kressyn
  - on-screen participant
    
    David Opatoshu
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Russ Karel
  - Production Company
    
    Willowgold Productions
  - Production Company
    
    Brook Productions
  - Produced in co-operation
    
    National Center for Jewish Films
  - Produced in association
    
    Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
  - Produced in association
    
    Columbia University
  - Produced in association
    
    Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies
  - Producer
    
    Russ Karel
  - Producer
    
    David Elstein
  - Associate Producer
    
    Chris Barnes
  - Associate Producer
    
    Irving Rappaport
  - Production Manager
    
    Mary Oppé
  - Production staff (UK)
    
    Linda Blackwell
  - Production staff (UK)
    
    Jules Bennett
  - Production staff (USA)
    
    Yvonne Jones
  - Production staff (USA)
    
    Iris Fingerhut
  - Script
    
    Wolf Mankowitz
  - Photography
    
    Jacek Laskus
  - Assistant Photographer
    
    Dariusz Wolski
  - Stills
    
    Martin Bradpiece
  - Stills
    
    Iris Fingerhut
  - Editor
    
    Chris Barnes
  - Editor
    
    Anthony Sloman
  - Editor
    
    Bridget Reiss
  - Editor
    
    Kevin Hewitt
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Claude Chahine
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Shirley Shaw
  - Artwork
    
    Ralph Steadman
  - Titles and special effects
    
    Martin Bradpiece
  - Music
    
    John Altman
  - Musician (solo piano)
    
    Keith Nichols
  - Musician (solo violin)
    
    Dick Studt
  - Musician
    
    Mitchell Dalton
  - Musician
    
    Bob Sydor
  - Musician
    
    Roy Jones
  - Musician
    
    Len Skeat
  - Music research (London)
    
    Alex Klein
  - Music research (New York)
    
    Henry Saposnik
  - Sound Recording
    
    Paul Carr
  - Sound Recording
    
    Brian Paxton
  - Sound Editor
    
    Winston Ryder
  - Sound Editor
    
    Mark Davies
  - Sound Editor
    
    Larry Richardson
  - Subtitles
    
    Film Text Limited

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