“Outsiders call Chelm the village of idiots,” Shmendrick explains, “but our rabbi said we were a city of natural geniuses, with our own way of figuring things out.”
1999 · 0h 12m · Animation
Genres: Animation
Based on a Jewish folk tale adapted by playwright John Lazarus, this animated short tells the story of Shmendrik, a simpleton living in a small Polish village.
Director: Eugene Fedorenko, Rose Newlove
Writers: John Lazarus