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Motel the Operator
100%
Movie
1h 28m
AI Analysis
Motel the Operator (1940) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Motel the Operator (1940) — a movie tagged as Drama with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 c… Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~88 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Motel the Operator 100% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
Motel the Operator is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1940-01-15
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- TMDB rating
- 10.0
- TMDB ID
- 522704
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Is there an official trailer for Motel the Operator?
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What is Motel the Operator about?
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 ar... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Motel the Operator?
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How long is the movie Motel the Operator?
The official runtime for Motel the Operator is approximately 88 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
- C
Chaim Tauber
Motel Friedman
- M
Malvina Rappel
Esther Friedman
- M
Maurice Kroner
Benjamin Rosenwald
- B
Berthe Hart
Rebecca Rosenwald
- S
Seymour Rechtzeit
Jack Rosenwald
- J
Jacob Zanger
Jacob 'Joseph' Frumkin
- Y
Yetta Zwerling
Chane Belle 'Annabella' Frumkin
- G
Gertrude Krause
Ruth Frumkin
- H
Herman Rosen
Doctor
- I
Izidor Frankel
Boss
- S
Seymour Rechzeit
Jacob 'Jack' Rosenwald
- M
Maurice Krohner
Benjamin Rosenwald
- J
Joseph Schoengold
- L
Louis 'Leibele' Waldman
The Cantor
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