Ida Kamińska
Biography: Ida Kamińska (September 18, 1899 – May 21, 1980) was an Academy Award-nominated actress. She began a stage career at the age of five. Her first theater role was in 1912 in Mirele Efros, with her mother and her sister in other roles in the play. In 1965, she starred in the Czechoslovak movie The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos), and she received a 1966 nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her last role was The Angel Levine (1970), directed by Ján Kadár. Following her death from cardiovascular disease in 1980, aged 80, she was interred in the Yiddish theatre section of the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, New York. From Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 04, 1899
Deathday: May 21, 1980
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The Shop on Main Street
1965-09-09
The Shop on Main Street
Overview: In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1965-09-09
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Małżeństwo na rozdrożu
1916-01-01
Małżeństwo na rozdrożu
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Original Language: yi
Release Date: 1916-01-01
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Bigamistka
1913-01-01
Bigamistka
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Original Language: yi
Release Date: 1913-01-01
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The Angel Levine
1970-07-28
The Angel Levine
Overview: Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-28
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Tkies khaf
1924-02-26
Tkies khaf
Overview: Starring real-life mother and daughter Ester-Rokhl Kaminska and Ida Kaminska, this film is a precursor to the 1937 classic, The Dybbuk, featuring the same classic tale of frustrated love and destiny and the breaking/fulfillment of vows.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: yi
Release Date: 1924-02-26
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Without a Home
1939-01-02
Without a Home
Overview: The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film is based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: yi
Release Date: 1939-01-02
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The Black Dress
1967-06-04
The Black Dress
Overview: Two handed chamber piece about a middle aged woman who returns from the camps after WWII and meets the mother of her deceased husband. Unable to explain the truth about her husband’s death, Joanna weaves a web of lies to comfort the old woman. In time she is forced to involve more and more people who know of his fate.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-06-04
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The Stepmother
1914-01-02
The Stepmother
Overview: Directed by Abraham Izaak Kaminski.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: yi
Release Date: 1914-01-02
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Mirele Efros
1912-01-02
Mirele Efros
Overview: Directed by Andrzej Marek.
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Original Language: yi
Release Date: 1912-01-02
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