Cinema Yiddishland: The Dybbuk
05.03.2026
- 05.03.2026
March 5, 6 p.m., Kino Ponrepo, Bartolomějská 11, Prague 1
On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Museum in Prague, we invite you to the film series “Cinema Yiddishland,” which presents Yiddish culture as a living space and an inexhaustible source of artistic inspiration. The program connects pre-war films that evoke the long-vanished worlds of Eastern European Jewish communities with contemporary works for which Yiddish serves above all as a creative language.
The legendary film The Dybbuk, based on the play “Between Two Worlds” by S. An-sky tells the story of a restless spirit that possesses the body of a young woman after a failed ritual. This visionary film, marked by a tragic ending, was a true aesthetic revolution in its time, using mysticism as a means of exploring religious belief. The supernatural here functions as a force that stands in opposition to social reality and historical circumstances.
The film will be introduced by Hebraist Karolina Kašeová.
Director: Michał Waszyński
Language: Yiddish, with English and Czech subtitles, 125 min.
Online ticket purchase via GoOut or on the Ponrepo Cinema website. Full admission – 120 CZK
Reduced admission – 100 CZK
Ponrepo Cinema members – 60 CZK
On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Museum in Prague, we invite you to the film series “Cinema Yiddishland,” which presents Yiddish culture as a living space and an inexhaustible source of artistic inspiration. The program connects pre-war films that evoke the long-vanished worlds of Eastern European Jewish communities with contemporary works for which Yiddish serves above all as a creative language.
The legendary film The Dybbuk, based on the play “Between Two Worlds” by S. An-sky tells the story of a restless spirit that possesses the body of a young woman after a failed ritual. This visionary film, marked by a tragic ending, was a true aesthetic revolution in its time, using mysticism as a means of exploring religious belief. The supernatural here functions as a force that stands in opposition to social reality and historical circumstances.
The film will be introduced by Hebraist Karolina Kašeová.
Director: Michał Waszyński
Language: Yiddish, with English and Czech subtitles, 125 min.
Online ticket purchase via GoOut or on the Ponrepo Cinema website. Full admission – 120 CZK
Reduced admission – 100 CZK
Ponrepo Cinema members – 60 CZK