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The Komediant

1999, Movie, NR, 85 mins

The Komediant: Review

The story of Yiddish theater superstar Pesach'ke Burstein and his performing family is a documentary filmmaker's dream. It features a relatively unfamiliar but fascinating subject, a cast of colorful characters, and all the intrigue and family conflict of a Victorian novel — plus musical interludes. And happily, filmmaker Arnon fashioned these riches into a dream of a documentary that begins with Pesach'ke, born in Poland to a Orthodox Jewish family on Passover, 1896. At... read more leave a comment