Movie
1938 Drama
1h 46min
| Original title | A Brivele der mamen |
| Original lang. | Yiddish |
| Country | Poland/USA |
Set in the years leading up to World War I, Joseph Green and Leon Trystand's film follows Dobrish (Lucy German), a mother of three children trying to provide for her family in a town in Poland (now Ukraine), after her husband moves to America. Struggling against the ever-increasing challenges of poverty and war, Dobrish and her children finally strike out for New York with help from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in the hopes of rebuilding their lives for a better future.
| Directed by | Joseph Green, Leon Trystan |
| Written by | Joseph Green, Jecheskiel Mosze Neuman, Mosze Oszerowicz, Anatol Stern |
| Company | Sphinx Films Corp.Sphinx Films Corp.Sphinx Films Corp. |