- Avrom Morewski was born on March 18, 1886 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for The Dybbuk (1937), Al khet (1936) and Der Turm des Schweigens (1925). He died on October 3, 1964 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- The actor Avrom Morewsky was a rare guest in the film business.
- He had first appearances in front of the camera for the silent movies "Das alte Gesetz" (1923) and "Der Turm des Schweigens" (1925). Afterwards it lasted till 1936 before he took part again in few movies. He played a rabbi in the Polish production "Al khet" (1936). To his co-actors belonged Rachel Holzer and Shimen Dzigan. The movie was shot in Yiddish.
- In addition to the Miropolyer Tsadik, Morevski's roles included the circus clown in Leonid Andre'ev's Der vos krigt di petsh (He Who Gets Slapped; 1919); Uriel Acosta in Karl Gutzkow's play of the same name (1922); the lonely factory worker in H. Leyvik's Shmates (Rags; 1922); the old count in Alter Kacyzne's Der dukus (The Count; 1925), about a Polish aristocrat who converted to Judaism; the title role in Georg Büchner's Dantons toyt (Dantons Tod [Danton's Death]; 1930); and Prospero in Arn Zeitlin's translation of Shakespeare's The Tempest (Der shturem; 1938), staged by the Polish director Leon Schiller.
- Between theater productions, Morevski toured with lectures and readings.
- He also formed his own companies (1931, 1934, 1935), the first of which performed in 55 towns over the course of 60 days.
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