The Dybbuk

Newly restored with updated translation!

Director: Michal Waszynski
1937/Poland/123 minutes/Yiddish with English subtitles

A veritable classic of Yiddish cinema, which tells the tale of a women who becomes possessed by the ghost (or “dybbuk”) of her late lover, to whom she was betrothed at birth, after her father pledges to marry her to a wealthier suitor.

Check out this clip from the 1937 film to get a taste of this historic film.