The Light Ahead
Impoverished and disabled lovers Fishke nd Hodel dream of life in the big city of Odessa, free from the poverty and stifling old-world prejudices of the shtetl. Made on the eve of World War II, The Light Ahead is at once romantic, expressionist, and painfully conscious of the danger about to engulf European Jews. One of four Yiddish features directed by Edgar Ulmer.
Direction
Cast
David Opatoshu
Fishke (the lame)
Helen Beverley
Hodel (the blind)
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Isidore Cashier
Mendele Moicher Sforim
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Rosetta Bialis
Drabke alt. Dropke
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Anna Guskin
Gitel
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Wolf Mercur
Getzel alt. Getsl (the thief)
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Jenny Cashier
Dobe (the hunchback alt. Dube)
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Judel Dubinsky
Isaak (the stutterer)
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Leon Seidenberg
Alter
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Morris Shorr
Hershel
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Dean Cole
Composer
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J. Burgi Contner
Cinematographer
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Edward Hyland
Cinematographer