List of the best Zvee Scooler movies: Andy(1965), Hester Street(1975), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz(1974), Fiddler on the Roof(1971) ... ...
Drama
1965
86 Minutes
Mr. Chadakis
Norman Alden Tamara Daykarhonova Zvee Scooler
mentally challenged person immigrant mother father bully prostitute moving endearing new york city bar family home fighting disability parenthood institutionalization moving adventure discovery 1960s
A mentally impaired middle-aged man (Norman Alden) lives with his Greek-American parents (Tamara Daykarhonova, Zvee Scooler) in New York.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
90 Minutes
Rabbi
Steven Keats Carol Kane Mel Howard Dorrie Kavanaugh Doris Roberts Stephen Strimpell Lauren Frost Paul Freedman Zvee Scooler Eda Reiss Merin
immigrant wife son boss landlady emotional gritty new york city ellis island lower east side assimilation immigration judaism culture clash marriage discovery pursuit sacrifice 1900s
It's 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, a Russian Jew, emigrated to the United States three years earlier and has settled where many of his background have, namely on Hester Street on the Lower East ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1974
121 Minutes
Grandfather
Richard Dreyfuss Micheline Lanctôt Jack Warden Randy Quaid Joseph Wiseman Denholm Elliott Henry Ramer Joe Silver Zvee Scooler Robert Goodier Allan Rosenthal
jew father uncle girlfriend grandfather gangster cheeky confident witty rousing montreal quebec resort laurentian mountains anti-semitism ambition poverty family dysfunction love honor
In a bid to gain respect, the neglected younger son of a working class Jewish family in Montréal embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes to buy land surrounding a lake.
Musical
USA
1971
181 Minutes
Topol Norma Crane Leonard Frey Molly Picon Paul Mann Rosalind Harris Michele Marsh Neva Small Paul Michael Glaser Ray Lovelock Elaine Edwards
father butcher daughter mother lighthearted emotional heartwarming village household farm russia marriage deception poverty romance faith judaism forbidden love discovery transformation
In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.