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TMDB Rating 5.7

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Status: Released

Average Rating: 6

Release Date: Jun 1, 1939

Rating: 1939-06-01

Run Time: 1h 34m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United States of America

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Synopsis

The Light Ahead is possibly the greatest of Edgar G. Ulmer’s shtetl films. Here, the director counterpoints his pastoral Green Fields to criticize the poverty and superstition that oppress a pair of star-crossed lovers. Made on the eve of World War II, The Light Ahead is at once romantic, expressionist, and painfully conscious of the danger about to engulf European Jews. Impoverished and disabled lovers Fishke and Hodel dream of life in the big city of Odessa, free from the poverty and stifling old-world prejudices of the shtetl. The benevolent and enlightened bookseller Mendele helps them, turning small-town superstitions to their advantage. Based on Mendele Mokher Seforim's story of love frustrated by small-town ignorance, this luminous allegory of escape marries Edgar Ulmer's masterful direction with superb acting by members of New York's Artef and Yiddish Art Theaters.


Main Cast

Helen Beverly

Helen Beverly

Hodele (the blind)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

David Opatoshu

David Opatoshu

Fishke (the lame)

Age : 78 | Popularity : 38%

Isidore Cashier

Isidore Cashier

Mendele Moicher Sforim

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Writing Screenplay
Shirley Ulmer
Shirley Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
Production Producer
Peter E. Kassler
Peter E. Kassler
Camera Director of Photography
Edward Hyland
Edward Hyland
Art Production Design
Edgar G. Ulmer
Edgar G. Ulmer
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