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A LETTER TO MAMA

A Brivele der mamen

Directed by Joseph Green, Leon Trystan
Poland, United States, 1938
Drama
  • 116116 minutes

Synopsis

One of the last Yiddish films made in Poland before the Nazi invasion, this film tells the story of a mother’s persistent struggles to support her three children in pre-war World War II Polish Ukraine.

Synopsis

One of the last Yiddish films made in Poland before the Nazi invasion, this film tells the story of a mother’s persistent struggles to support her three children in pre-war World War II Polish Ukraine.