Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt (1986)
Overview
At its peak, one million New York Jews spent their summers in the Borscht Belt, the birthplace of Jewish-American iconoclastic humor. This film shows how these Catskills communities were run by women, and how class divisions were reflected in the resort hotels: upwardly-mobile hotel guests were entertained by a who's-who of talent, while in the bungalows, do-it-yourself burlesque and vaudeville reigned among the blue-collar families. This film is happy, humane, ironic, and, finally, bittersweet, as we see that today's Jews no longer share the tastes or aspirations of their parents.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.217 |
Directed By
Peter Davis
TOP CAST
Joseph Wiseman
Self - Narrator (voice)
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