Topele

Production dates and credits taken from print and Audio Brandon Films Catalog.; Based on the story Doss messerl by Sholem Aleichem.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Editors, Dov Honig, Tova Biran ; designer, Avraham Berman ; music, Yohanan Zarai ; choreography, Avraham Tzuri ; English version and dialogue, Fima Noveck ; lyrics, Joan Javits.; Audio Brandon Films Catalog, 1978-1979 p. 414.; Gedi Yagil, Yaakov Bodo, Rachel Atas, Shlomo Bar Shevat, Dasi Haradi, Avraham Ronai, Yaakov Nitzan.; Topele recreates in loving detail the economically poor but culturally rich world of the "shtedtl" or small town, with its bustling marketplace, muddy duck pond, and vodka- guzzling police officer. The story centers on a nine-year -old boy who uses illegal means to obtain the object of his greatest desire-a pocketknife.--Audio Brandon Films Catalog.; In Hebrew with English subtitles.; PFA 1616-01-7667. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 10 November 2000, print slightly scratched and faded.