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Green Fields

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Levy (Michael Goldstein), a young Talmudic scholar, decides to leave the big city to search for truth in the Russian countryside. He happens upon a farm family headed by industrious Duvid (Isidore Cashier), who is impressed with Levy's intellect and takes him in. Their jealous neighbor, Alkuneh (Max Vodnoy), wishes that the prestige of having such a learned guest would fall on his house, and so competes for Levy's allegiance, using his daughter as bait.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A positive look at how the ordinary Jew conducted himself in the Old Country. Rated: B Sep 20, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Levy (Michael Goldstein), a young Talmudic scholar, decides to leave the big city to search for truth in the Russian countryside. He happens upon a farm family headed by industrious Duvid (Isidore Cashier), who is impressed with Levy's intellect and takes him in. Their jealous neighbor, Alkuneh (Max Vodnoy), wishes that the prestige of having such a learned guest would fall on his house, and so competes for Levy's allegiance, using his daughter as bait.
Director
Jacob Ben-Ami, Edgar G. Ulmer
Producer
Ludwig Landy, Roman Rebush
Screenwriter
Peretz Hirschbein, George Moskov
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Yiddish
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 11, 1937, Wide
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Mono