When God distributed wiseness and foolishness through a newly created world, one of the cherubs accidentally dropped all the foolishness on a tiny village called Chelm. So everyone in the village is very dumb. Recently orphaned boy Aaron and his friendly goat Zlateh live there with Aaron's uncle Shlemiel. When an evil sorcerer and his monster attack the village, Aaron and Zlateh have to defend it themselves.
Production
Isaac Bashevis Singer adaptation with genuine Yiddishkeit soul.
Director
Albert Hanan Kaminski
Fyvush Finkel
Narrator (voice)
Ronn Carroll
Uncle Shlemiel (voice)
Tovah Feldshuh
Zlateh the Goat / Aunt Sarah / The Matchmaker (voice)
Ivy Austin
The Lantuch (voice)
Lee Wilkof
Sender / Tudras (voice)
Chip Zien
Treitel / The Donkey (voice)
Lewis J. Stadlen
Lekish / Zeinvel / The Peddler (voice)
Laura Dean
Dana (voice)
Julia K. Murney
Dona (voice) (as Julia K. Murney)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chelm stories are centuries-old Jewish folklore tradition — the 'wise fools' trope predates this film by hundreds of years.
Director Albert Hanan Kaminski also animated The Mouse and His Child — this film barely got a US release despite the stacked voice cast.
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