Where to watch Motel the Operator (1940) in the UK
Motel the Operator (1940) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 8 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.
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.
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Cast & crew
Top-billed cast in Motel the Operator.
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Chaim TauberMotel Friedman
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Malvina RappelEsther Friedman
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Maurice KronerBenjamin Rosenwald
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Berthe HartRebecca Rosenwald
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Seymour RechtzeitJack Rosenwald
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Jacob ZangerJacob 'Joseph' Frumkin
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Yetta ZwerlingChane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin
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Gertrude KrauseRuth Frumkin
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