Green Fields (1937)
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer / Jacob Ben-Ami
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Synopsis by Iotis Erlewine
When a young Jewish scholar (Michael Goldstein) leaves the safe, orderly world of the synagogue in order to gain a better knowledge and understanding of the outside world, he ends up at a small farm in the country. However, conflict arises when two local farming families battle over the "rights" to the young man. This film is in Yiddish with subtitles in English.
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man, coming-of-age, farming, homelessness, marriage, orphan, peasant, scholar, tutor
