Plot Summary:Ulmer's soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein's classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. When an ascetic young scholar ventures into the countryside, searching for the city of "true Jews," he learns some unexpected lessons from the Jewish peasants who take him in as a tutor for their children.
被誉为意第绪电影黄金时代的开山之作，是对欧洲犹太人在特定历史时期思想形态的反映，但故事所探讨的城市化与民族身份的冲突，宗教信仰，以及性别角色的变革等话题其实都不无普世性。人物塑造和戏剧性成分没什么说服力，不过年轻学者和农户人家之间的互相影响有些意思。