{"title":"The Power of Life","originalTitle":"The Power of Life","src":"","srcset":"","rate":null,"numVotes":null,"year":1938,"runtime":92,"isAdult":null,"type":null,"actors":[{"id":"6510295","name":"Michal Michalesko","const":"nm0584632"},{"id":"6510296","name":"Berthe Hart","const":"nm0366156"},{"id":"6510297","name":"Morris Strassberg","const":"nm0833471"},{"id":"6510298","name":"Charlotte Goldstein","const":"nm0326178"},{"id":"6510299","name":"Sam Josephson","const":"nm0430766"},{"id":"6510300","name":"Frank Schechtman","const":"nm0770372"},{"id":"6510301","name":"Saul Josephson","const":"nm0430767"},{"id":"6510302","name":"Abraham Lax","const":"nm0493404"},{"id":"6510303","name":"Mike Wilensky","const":"nm0928766"},{"id":"6510304","name":"Morris B. Samuylow","const":"nm0760603"}],"directors":[{"id":"165424","name":"Henry Lynn","const":"nm0528690"}],"writers":[{"id":"251907","name":"Henry Stuart","const":"nm0835711"},{"id":"251908","name":"Isidore Zolotarefsky","const":"nm0957726"}],"countries":[{"id":"1","name":"United States","short":"us"}],"languages":[{"id":"63","name":"Yiddish","short":"yi"}],"genres":[{"id":"2","title":"Drama"}],"metacritic":null,"releaseDate":"1938\/4\/28","plot":"Nathan Rahinowita is a bookkeeper for a dress manufacturer, and in his spare time he dabbles at inventions. Oner day he is offered $3000 for one of his inventions, and premises to get back to the cl;ient the next day with answer. However, when he learns that Sam, his daughter\u0027s fiance, is going to jail for embezzling $500 from his bank, Nathan goes to Sam\u0027s father to ask him to put up the money, but the man refuses, Nathan argues that the power of life comes through finding happiness in one\u0027s children\u0027s lives and that parents must not forget their obligations to their children. Mr. Schindler tells Nate that Sam has stolen from him before and mocks Nathan\u0027s faith in children. Complications ensue.","wins":0,"nominations":0,"casts":[{"name":"Michal Michalesko","code":"nm0584632","characters":"Nathan Rabinowitz"},{"name":"Berthe Hart","code":"nm0366156","characters":"Grandma Rabinowitz"},{"name":"Morris Strassberg","code":"nm0833471","characters":"Sam Shindler"},{"name":"Charlotte Goldstein","code":"nm0326178","characters":"Leah Rabinowitz"},{"name":"Sam Josephson","code":"nm0430766","characters":"Nathan\u0027s Son"},{"name":"Frank Schechtman","code":"nm0770372","characters":"Nathan\u0027s Son"},{"name":"Saul Josephson","code":"nm0430767","characters":null},{"name":"Abraham Lax","code":"nm0493404","characters":"Mr. Kuzlik"},{"name":"Mike Wilensky","code":"nm0928766","characters":null},{"name":"Morris B. Samuylow","code":"nm0760603","characters":null}],"budget":null,"lifetimeGross":null,"openingWeekendGross":null,"worldwideGross":null,"keywords":[{"text":"bookkeeper"},{"text":"inventor"},{"text":"embezzler"},{"text":"bank"},{"text":"dressmaker"}],"production":[{"id":"co0029232","text":"Lynn Productions"}],"prestigiousAwardSummary":null,"moreLikeThisTitles":[]}