Drama · United States of America · 1926 · 1h 20m

Broken Hearts

Director

Cast

Maurice Schwartz as Benjamin Rezanov Lila Lee as Ruth Esterin Wolf Goldfaden as Cantor Esterin Bina Abramowitz as Mama Esterin Isidore Cashier as Victor Caplin Anna Appel as Shprintze

Crew

Frances Taylor Patterson — Writer Zalmen Libin — Story

Synopsis

A Jewish writer in Czarist Russia is forced to flee when the government comes after him for his "objectionable" writings. He emigrates to the US, where he settles in New York City's Lower East Side.

Key Collaborators

Maurice Schwartz Director Frances Taylor Patterson Writer Zalmen Libin Story

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