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The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)
TV Movie | Drama

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The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)

TV Movie | Drama

This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the ...See moreThis omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included are: "A Tale of Chelm" starring Zero Mostel and Nancy Walker in the story of a bookseller attempting to buy a goat; "Bontche Schweig" about a poor man (Jack Gilford) whose recent arrival in Heaven makes the angels cry; and "The High School" about a Jewish merchant (Morris Carnovsky) persuaded by his wife (Gertrude Berg) to let their son attend a particular high school despite the enforcement of quotas for Jewish students. Written by Tiboriyo See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Gertrude Berg Hannele ('The High School') Hannele ('The High School') See fewer	The Goldbergs (1949)
Conrad Bromberg Moshka Katz ('The High School') (as Conrad Josephs) Moshka Katz ('The High School') (as Conrad Josephs) See fewer	Killer Instinct (1988)
Morris Carnovsky Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel See fewer	Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Elsa Freed Actress Actress See fewer	Play of the Week (1959)
Jack Gilford Bontshe Shveig Bontshe Shveig See fewer	Catch-22 (1970)
Lee Grant Avenging Angel Avenging Angel See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Henry Lascoe Dodi the Innkeeper ('A Tale of Chelm') Dodi the Innkeeper ('A Tale of Chelm') See fewer	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Sam Levene Mendele Mendele See fewer	After the Thin Man (1936)
Zero Mostel Melamud ('A Tale of Chelm') Melamud ('A Tale of Chelm') See fewer	The Producers (1967)
Charlotte Rae Angel ('A Tale of Chelm') Angel ('A Tale of Chelm') See fewer	The Facts of Life (1979)
Carl Reindel Cholyava ('The High School') Cholyava ('The High School') See fewer	The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Frederick Rolf Prosecuting Angel ('Bontche Schweig') Prosecuting Angel ('Bontche Schweig') See fewer	Witness (1985)
Nancy Walker Rifkele ('A Tale of Chelm') Rifkele ('A Tale of Chelm') See fewer	Rhoda (1974)
Dora Weissman Actress Actress See fewer	The Panic in Needle Park (1971)