The Dybbuk

March 27, 2010 11:34 PM

The Dybbuk (Yiddish, 1937; based on the 1914 play by S. Ansky.)
posted by Iridic (12 comments total)

It's funny how the last three threads are all somewhat Jewish related.
posted by makethemost at 11:35 PM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

ok, דאס איז א ביסל צו פיל.
posted by mhz at 11:36 PM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

Yeah, Michael Stuhlbarg got robbed.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 12:02 AM on March 28, 2010

Needs subtitles for non-Yiddish-speaking audience.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:48 AM on March 28, 2010

Nothing can express the beauty and pathos of the original, but at the risk of cheapening the entire Diasporan experience I would translate it as "That's a bit too much."
posted by Joe in Australia at 1:12 AM on March 28, 2010

HAPPY JEWISH DAY!
What? Well, it should be.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:59 AM on March 28, 2010

There's a restored version of this that came out a while ago -- really worth seeing on the big screen.
posted by texorama at 6:13 AM on March 28, 2010

Jeez, that whole YouTube account is a treasure trove. Ya di di di di di di di di di di.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:34 AM on March 28, 2010

SLYT - Single Link Yiddish theater?
posted by ericbop at 7:15 AM on March 28, 2010

'The Dead Fiddler' by Isaac Bashevis Singer is a favorite of mine in this genre. Read it.
posted by ovvl at 1:10 PM on March 28, 2010

On a tangential note, I was tickled to notice that, in the end credits to A Serious Man, the mysterious figure in the apocryphal opening scene is listed only as "Dybbuk?"
posted by bicyclefish at 1:48 PM on March 28, 2010

so last night i watched "a serious man" for the first time.
now these all these jewish posts. about a dybbuk, even!
this must mean something.
what does it mean, rabbi? is it a sign from hashem?
posted by clarenceism at 2:01 PM on March 28, 2010