The Jester

Getsel, a wandering Purim player, comes to a Galica village and gets a job with Reb Nuchem, the shoemaker. He falls in love with Esther, the shoemaker's daughter, but knows she is in love with a wandering circus player. However, Getzel is content in his work and dreams. Esther's father inherits a fortune and attempts to marry her to a man of his choice, but she flees with Getzel to Warsaw, where he meets and marries the circus player. Getzel returns to the village and is blamed for Esther's disappearance until she shows up and explains what happened. Getzel shoulders his pack and wanders on to another village.

Cast

Zygmunt Turkow Getsel

Miriam Kressyn Esther

Eni Liton Leah

Hymie Jacobson Dick

Ayzyk Samburg Reb Nukhem

Berta Litwine Tsippe, Nukhem's wife

Max Bozyk Reb Zurekh

Jakub Raynglas 3d Shoemaker

Jakub Fiszer Faivel, the Matchmaker

Samuel Landau Mekhele Zaidman