Motel the Operator (1940)Stream and Watch Online

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Released January 15th, 1940, 'Motel the Operator' stars Chaim Tauber, Malvina Rappel, Maurice Kroner, Berthe Hart The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from well-known users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Motel, 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. The richly-rendered beautiful Yiddish songs by Sholem Secunda featuring Cantor Leibele Waldman and Joel Feig's famous choir are a good example of the bittersweet melodrama in the finest tradition of the Yiddish theater." .