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  • Motel the Operator (1940)
  • 88 min | Drama
Motel the Operator (1940)
88 min | Drama
Motl, 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 ...See moreMotl, 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. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Joseph Seiden
Writer
Chaim Tauber (play)
Producer
Joseph Seiden
Composer
Sholom Secunda
Cinematographers
Charles Levine | Don Malkames
Production Designer
F. Allstadt
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Updated Jan 15, 1940
Release date
Jan 15, 1940 (United States)

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