Ludwig Satz

Ludwig Satz was born in 1891 in Lviv, Ukraine.

He was an actor in Yiddish theatre and film and was best known for his comic roles.

Satz played the male lead in the 1931 Yiddish film, “His Wife's Lover,” which was billed as the 'first musical-comedy talking picture.'”

A 1925 New York Times article singles him out as the greatest Yiddish comic actor of the time.

In 1926 in a New York Times article that he authored, Ludwig Satz spoke of the Yiddish audience who quote-unquote "knows exactly what it goes to the theatre to buy. It is as intense about the play and its performance, as are the playwright and the actor ... It knows the life that its theatre portrays .... If you make the mistake of giving them something that they don't identify with .... God forgive you ... But if you are what they want, and if you do fit their prejudices and their understanding, no other people in the world would reward you with such enthusiasm. You may become anything, from a hero to a savior ..."