2025 Boca International Jewish Film Festival

The Komediant

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The glory days of the Yiddish stage are brought to life in this funny saga of a legendary theatrical family, The Bursteins. Smoothly incorporating rare archival footage and interviews with Yiddish stage veterans, this tightly edited, briskly paced documentary is as richly bittersweet — filled with the laughter and tears, schmaltz and grit —as the Yiddish theater itself.


Winner of the Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary Film (1999)


Sponsored by Frances Kessner and Joan Liman

  • Year
    2000
  • Runtime
    82 minutes
  • Language
    English, Hebrew, Yiddish
  • Country
    Israel
  • Premiere
    Palm Beach County
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Arnon Goldfinger
  • Screenwriter
    Oshra Schwartz-Reim
  • Producer
    Arnon Goldfinger, Amir Harel, Oshra Schwartz-Reim
  • Cinematographer
    Yoram Millo
  • Editor
    Einat Glaser-Zarhin
  • Sound Design
    Tomer Ilan
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