THE JESTER-Hot Days, Cool Flicks Summer Series

THE JESTER                                                      Palm Beach Premiere

Directed by: Joseph Green & Jan Nowina-Przybylski

1937; Poland; 90 minutes. Yiddish w/ NEW English subtitles

The Jester (Der Purimspiler) stars Warsaw Yiddish Art Theater founder Zygmunt Turkow as a soulful wanderer, along with (real life married New York actors) Hymie Jacobson as a circus performer and Miriam Kressyn as Esther the shoemaker's daughter. This 1937 Yiddish musical drama romance was filmed on location in Poland and offers a glimpse of Warsaw’s then-thriving Yiddish cabarets. New film restoration by the National Center for Jewish Film includes preservation of extremely rare, original color toning. From the directors of Yiddle With His Fiddle.

Pricing

$10.00 per ticket per film

$54.00 six film series –mix and match of locations is acceptable

Film Society members and sponsors are complimentary.

Order Information

By phone: 877-318-0071

On-line:   www.pbjff.org all credit cards accepted

At the door: one hour before films, seating capacity permitting

Information line: 561-736.7527 all calls returned within 24 hours