Wealthy, powerful sweatshop owner falls in love with employee's teenage daughter, who feels obligated to marry him after he shares his wealth with her parents, though she actually loves a young Marxist unionizer..
Is it worth your time? If you have any patience for older, stage-heavy dramas, then absolutely. If you need snappy pacing and constant movement, you’ll probably be checking your phone ten minutes in. It’s for the folks who like seeing how human ego ruins perfectly good lives. Maurice Schwartz is the center of gravity ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Sidney M. Goldin
Edward LeSaint
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"Is it worth your time? If you have any patience for older, stage-heavy dramas, then absolutely. If you need snappy pacing and constant movement, you’ll probably be checking your phone ten minutes in. It’s for the folks who like seeing how human ego ruins perfectly good lives. Maurice Schwartz is the center of gravity here. He plays Uncle Moses like he owns the sidewalk, the air, and your future. He’s got that specific kind of charisma that’s also kind of repelling. You watch him and you just kn..."
Wolf Goldfaden
Sholom Asch, Maurice Schwartz
United States
