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      Green Fields

      Released Oct 11, 1937 1h 35m Comedy List
      Reviews 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. Read More Read Less

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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
      Screenwriter
      Peretz Hirschbein, George Moskov
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      Yiddish
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 11, 1937, Wide
      Runtime
      1h 35m
      Sound Mix
      Mono