Film

Eli Eli

1940 · 1h 28m · Drama

Mendel and Hannah Shapiro, an elderly Jewish couple who run a small farm in New Jersey, must get money to meet their mortgage payment to the bank by the next day to keep their farm. Mendel calls their children, Mollie, in Philadelphia, and Morris, in New York, to come right away. His neighbor Michel believes that most children do not properly care for their parents and insinuates that Mendel's children would not come to visit if they knew that their parents needed money. Mendel, however, assures Michel that children are the best investment one can make.

Max Badin

Michel

Esther Field

Hanna

Izidor Frankel

Lazar Freed

Mendel

Eddie Friedlander

Danny

Rose Greenfield

Mollie

Irving Jacobson

David

Paula Lubelski

Jennie

Herman Rosen

Mae Schoenfeld

Shlumit

Muni Serebroff

Morris

Davyd Yanover

Harele

• Joseph SeidenDirector · Producer
• Izidor FrankelWriter
• Charles LevineDirector of Photography
• Don MalkamesDirector of Photography
• Sholom SecundaOriginal Music Composer

Release date

September 27, 1940

Status

Released

Original language

Yiddish

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Drama