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The Light Ahead (1939)

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Runtime : 1H 34M

Director : Edgar G. Ulmer
Escritor : Shirley Ulmer, Edgar G. Ulmer

Sinopse

The Light Ahead is possibly the greatest of Edgar G. Ulmer’s shtetl films. Here, the director counterpoints his pastoral Green Fields to criticize the poverty and superstition that oppress a pair of star-crossed lovers. Made on the eve of World War II, The Light Ahead is at once romantic, expressionist, and painfully conscious of the danger about to engulf European Jews. Impoverished and disabled lovers Fishke and Hodel dream of life in the big city of Odessa, free from the poverty and stifling old-world prejudices of the shtetl. The benevolent and enlightened bookseller Mendele helps them, turning small-town superstitions to their advantage. Based on Mendele Mokher Seforim's story of love frustrated by small-town ignorance, this luminous allegory of escape marries Edgar Ulmer's masterful direction with superb acting by members of New York's Artef and Yiddish Art Theaters.

Atores

Helen Beverly
Helen Beverly
Hodele (the blind)
David Opatoshu
David Opatoshu
Fishke (the lame)
Isidore Cashier
Isidore Cashier
Mendele Moicher Sforim

Tripulações

Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Director
Shirley Ulmer
Shirley Ulmer
Screenplay
Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Screenplay
Peter E. Kassler
Peter E. Kassler
Producer
Edward Hyland
Edward Hyland
Director of Photography
Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Production Design