The story is nice, the theme pleasant (money isn't everything), but the outstanding element is the Jewish working-class background of a non-orthodox family. Not claustrophobic like the Jazz Singer and other self-pitying films, this film has an open and sunny attitude that makes it very accessible. Excellent, warm portrayals by Gregory Ratoff and Anna Appel as the stereotypical parents.
Review of Symphony of Six Million
Symphony of Six Million
(1932)
Good-doctor-goes-bad tale is enlivened by Jewish humor
3 October 2002