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Mamele is a film of genre Comedy directed by Konrad Tom with Molly Picon

Mamele (1938)

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Length 1h37
Directed by
Genres Comedy
Rating70% 3.5154153.5154153.5154153.5154153.515415

Mamele (Yiddish: מאמאלע‎ Polish: Mateczka) is a Yiddish Language Polish musical film made in 1938.

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Set in Łódź, the film revolves around Khavtshi Samet (Picon), a Cinderella figure, who has taken on maternal responsibility for her family after the death of her mother — hence the title, Mamele, or 'little mother.' Khavtshi is required to shop, cook and clean up after her unappreciative family. Furthermore, she must keep her siblings out of trouble: her younger brother gets mixed up with crooks and her sister Berta (Bullman) has eyes for the gangster Maks Katz (Menashe Oppenheim). Eventually Khavtshi's morale breaks, and she moves in with the handsome musician Schlesinger (Zayenda) across the courtyard. In this period of distress Khavtshi imagines the life of her grandmother in a dream-like song and dance sequence. The Samet family begs for Khavtshi to return, which she does with Schlesinger. The film closes with Khavtshi busy preparing the feast during her wedding.

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Molly Picon

(Khavtshi Samet)
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