''East and West'' (German: ''Ost und West'') is a 1923 Austrian silent drama film directed by Ivan Abramson and

Sidney M. Goldin Sidney M. Goldin, born Samuel Goldstein (March 25, 1878 – September 19, 1937) was an American silent film director as well as a prominent writer, actor and producer for Yiddish theater and Yiddish cinema during the early 20th century. During his ...

and starring Molly Picon,

Jacob Kalich Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

and

.Goldberg p.144 It is also known by the alternative title of ''Good Luck''.

Cast

* Molly Picon as Mollie *

as Jacob Talmudist aka Ben Ali *

as Morris Brownstein aka Brown *

Laura Glucksman Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay ...

as Grandmother Brownstein * Eugen Neufeld as Alfred Freed *

Johannes Roth Johannes Rudolf Roth (September 4, 1815 – June 26, 1858) was a German zoologist and traveler. Biography Roth was born in Nuremberg to Karl Johann Friedrich von Roth, president of the Bavarian Supreme Consistory (''Oberkonsistorialpräsident ...

* Ida Astori * Sigi Hofer * Saul Nathan * Eugen Preiß * Nelly Spodek

References

Bibliography

* Judith N. Goldberg. ''Laughter through tears: the Yiddish cinema''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1983.

External links

* 1923 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Ivan Abramson Films directed by Sidney M. Goldin Austrian black-and-white films Films about Jews and Judaism {{Austria-film-stub