Overture to glory שטאט חזן
G & L presents ; screen play by Max Nosseck & Ossip Dymow ; dialogue by Jacob Gladstone ; directed by Max Nosseck, Max Nosseck (Director, Screenwriter), Ossip Dymow (Screenwriter), Jacob Glatstein (Screenwriter), Alexander Olshanetsky (Composer), Moishe Oysher (Actor), Helen Beverley (Actor), Florence Weiss (Actor), National Center for Jewish Film, G & L Motion Picture Corp / G & L presents ; screen play by Max Nosseck & Ossip Dymow ; dialogue by Jacob Gladstone ; directed by Max Nosseck
The cantor of the Vilna Synagogue--played by the great, real-life cantor Moishe Oysher--leaves behind his prayers to perform in the Warsaw Opera. He struggles to balance the appeal of his newfound fame, fortune, and notoriety with his feelings of guilt and responsibility toward his family and community. While performing in the Opera, he loses his voice and is forced to return to his village. Based on the life of "the Vilna Balabessel", Joel David Loewenstein
DVD Video, Yiddish, 2008
National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA, 2008