Motel the Operator
Drama
⭐ 5.9 / 10(25)
Motl, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Released
- 1940
Details
Release year: 1940
Storyline
Motl, a poor laborer, loving husband and new father, leads cloakmakers in a strike for better working conditions. When he is severely injured by strikebreakers, his wife, Esther, and infant son are left destitute. Desperate to save her starving child, Esther gives him up for adoption to a wealthy couple, and then commits suicide.
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Directors
Writers
Cast
See all 14 credits →- Chaim Tauber — Motel Friedman
- Seymour Rechzeit — Jacob 'Jack' Rosenwald
- Yetta Zwerling — Chane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin
- Jacob Zanger — Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin