Now, before we get into the essentials of how you can watch 'The Light Ahead' right now, here are some quick facts about the drama flick. The Light Ahead starring Helen Beverly, David Opatoshu, Isidore Cashier has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min. The release date of the movie is June 1st, 1939. was calculated from active
Need a quick rundown of the movie? Here's the plot: "The Light Ahead is possibly the greatest of Edgar G. Ulmer’s shtetl films. Here, the director counterpoints his pastoral Green Fields to criticize the poverty and superstition that oppress a pair of star-crossed lovers. Made on the eve of World War II, The Light Ahead is at once romantic, expressionist, and painfully conscious of the danger about to engulf European Jews. Impoverished and disabled lovers Fishke and Hodel dream of life in the big city of Odessa, free from the poverty and stifling old-world prejudices of the shtetl. The benevolent and enlightened bookseller Mendele helps them, turning small-town superstitions to their advantage. Based on Mendele Mokher Seforim's story of love frustrated by small-town ignorance, this luminous allegory of escape marries Edgar Ulmer's masterful direction with superb acting by members of New York's Artef and Yiddish Art Theaters."
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'The Light Ahead' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on June 1st, 1939
