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Children Must Laugh (1936)

Directed by Aleksander Ford

Overview

One of the few surviving documentaries about Jewish life in Poland before World War II, this film was produced to raise funds for the Vladimir Medem Sanitarium, an institution that stood as the embodiment of health and enlightenment, in striking contrast to the grim images of urban Polish-Jewish poverty.

Length 61 minutes

Actors

A.L. Alexander | David Dubinsky | B. Charney Vladeck