
The World of Sholom Aleichem 1959
"Based on the Writer Whose Stories Inspired The Fiddler on the Roof"
Overview
This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included a
Director: Don Richardson
Cast

Gertrude Berg
Hannah

Sam Levene
Mendele

Zero Mostel
Melamed / Maxel

Morris Carnovsky
Aaron Katz / Presiding Angel

Lee Grant
The Goatseller / Avenging Angel

Nancy Walker
Rifkele

Jack Gilford
Bontsche Shveig / Angel

Charlotte Rae
The Angel Rochele
Elsa Freed

Henry Lascoe
Dodi the Innkeeper