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Overture to Glory

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  • Release: 1940-02-11
  • Director: Max Nosseck
  • Writers: Mark Arnshtein , Ossip Dymow , Jacob Gladstone , Max Nosseck
  • Language: Yiddish
  • Stars: Moyshe Oysher , Florence Weiss , Maurice Krohner , John Mylong , Helen Beverley , Baby Winkler , Benjamin Fishbein , Lazar Freed , Erika Zaranoya , Ivan Busatt
  • Runtime: 77 min
  • Awards: N/A
  • AKA: O Cantor de Vilna (Brazil) , Éclair de gloire (France, French Republic) , Der vilner Shtot Khazn (United States of America) , The Vilna Town Cantor (United States of America) , Overture to Glory (United Kingdom) , Overture to Glory , Overture to Glory (United States of America)
  • Plot: The cantor of the Vilna Synagogue, played by the great real-life cantor Moishe Oysher, leaves behind his prayers to perform in the Warsaw Opera. He struggles to balance the appeal of his newfound fame and notoriety with feelings of guilt and responsibility toward his family and community. Featuring perhaps the most convincing scenes of synagogue life in any fiction film, Overture to Glory begins during the morning service on Rosh Hashanah and ends at Kol Nidre, making the story a kind of redemptive journey during the days of awe.
  • IMDB:tt0033225
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Max Nosseck
Director
Moyshe Oysher
Yoel Duvid Strashunsky
Florence Weiss
Chana Strashunsky, his wife
Maurice Krohner
Aaron, his father-in-law
John Mylong
Stanislaw Maniusko
Helen Beverley
Wanda Mirova (as Helen Beverly)
Leonard Elliott
Tilchinski, orchestra conductor
Max Willenz
The Warsaw Shamez [sexton]
Hermann Blaß
The Costume Supervisor (as Herman Blass)
Ossip Dymow
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