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Shimon Dzigan (Yiddish: שמעון דזשיגאן, Polish: Szymon Dżigan; born 1905 in Łódź - April 14, 1980 in Tel Aviv) was a Polish Jewish comedian. His father was a soldier in the Imperial Russian army. After the outbreak of the First World War Dzigan was apprenticed to a tailor to help the family make ends meet. Moyshe Broderzon was impressed by Dzigan's improvised parodies in 1927 and invited Dzigan to join the Ararat literary cabaret (kleynkunst theater) that he was founding in Łódź with his friends. After Ararat was closed Dzigan teamed up with Israel Shumacher, to form the most famous Yiddish comic duo "". The duo drew comparisons to Abbott and Costello. According to one writer, "one of their most famous sketches, 'Einstein Weinstein', plays a lot like "Who's on First."

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  • Shimen Dzigan (hebräisch סיימון ג'יגאן; jiddisch שמעון דזשיגאן, polnisch Szymon Dżigan, geboren 1. April 1905 in Łódź, Russisches Kaiserreich; gestorben 14. April 1980 in Tel Aviv) war ein polnischer Schauspieler des jiddischen Theaters und Films. (de)
  • Shimon Dzigan (Yiddish: שמעון דזשיגאן, Polish: Szymon Dżigan; born 1905 in Łódź - April 14, 1980 in Tel Aviv) was a Polish Jewish comedian. His father was a soldier in the Imperial Russian army. After the outbreak of the First World War Dzigan was apprenticed to a tailor to help the family make ends meet. Moyshe Broderzon was impressed by Dzigan's improvised parodies in 1927 and invited Dzigan to join the Ararat literary cabaret (kleynkunst theater) that he was founding in Łódź with his friends. After Ararat was closed Dzigan teamed up with Israel Shumacher, to form the most famous Yiddish comic duo "". The duo drew comparisons to Abbott and Costello. According to one writer, "one of their most famous sketches, 'Einstein Weinstein', plays a lot like "Who's on First." Dzigan and Shumacher made many films and stage shows in Poland and later in Israel. In 1935 they founded their own cabaret company (the "Nowości Theater") in Warsaw. "The performances of Dzigan and Shumacher typically opened with skits based on items from daily newspapers. Their humor was aimed at antisemites and government functionaries, but also at themselves and their public. Routines based on domestic life would follow. Dzigan’s persona was that of a hyperactive, happy beggar, endlessly complaining about life as he darted about the stage with his signature red handkerchief hanging from his pocket. The bespectacled Shumacher, in fundamental contrast, was phlegmatic and restrained, glossing his Jewish troubles with subtle gestures of the shoulders and hands." When Germany invaded Poland, Dzigan and Shumacher fled to Soviet-occupied Białystok where they pulled their company back together and toured Minsk, Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Kharkov, and other Soviet localities. The composer Shaul Berezovsky wrote music for their troupe during this period. Both were incarcerated in Stalinist Gulag labor camps. In 1948 the duo returned to Poland. The duo played themselves at Poland's Yiddish language feature made in 1948 called "Unzere kinder", the first feature film about the Holocaust in Poland ever made. In 1950 they emigrated to Israel to rebuild the brilliant artistic path they had forged in Europe and the USA. They performed thirty years on stage and countless performances across the globe. Their works were made into an historic Yiddish-language television program, broadcast in Israel in the 1970s. After Shumacher died, Dzigan went on performing until his own death in 1980. (en)
  • Ши́мон Джи́ган (идиш ‏שמעון דזשיגאן‏‎ — Ши́мен Джи́ган, польск. Szymon Dżigan, Семён Моисеевич Джиган; 1905, Лодзь, Российская империя — 14 апреля 1980, Тель-Авив, Израиль) — польский и израильский комик (на идише), актёр, сыгравший несколько главных ролей в предвоенных художественных фильмах на этом языке. Вместе с создал в конце 30-х годов XX столетия самый известный комедийный дуэт «Джиган и Шумахер», просуществовавший до 1961 года. (ru)
  • Szymon Dżigan (jid. שמעון דזשיגאן; ur. 1905 w Łodzi, zm. 14 kwietnia 1980 w Tel Awiwie) – polski aktor i komik żydowskiego pochodzenia, który zasłynął głównie z ról w przedwojennych żydowskich filmach i sztukach teatralnych w języku jidysz. Często występował wraz z Izraelem Szumacherem (1908–1961), z którym stworzył jeden z najbardziej znanych jidyszowych duetów komediowych XX wieku. Po wybuchu II wojny światowej uciekł do Związku Radzieckiego. Od 1942 przebywał w obozie pracy w Taszkencie. W 1948 jako repatriant wrócił do Polski. W 1950 wyemigrował do Izraela. (pl)
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  • Shimen Dzigan (hebräisch סיימון ג'יגאן; jiddisch שמעון דזשיגאן, polnisch Szymon Dżigan, geboren 1. April 1905 in Łódź, Russisches Kaiserreich; gestorben 14. April 1980 in Tel Aviv) war ein polnischer Schauspieler des jiddischen Theaters und Films. (de)
  • Ши́мон Джи́ган (идиш ‏שמעון דזשיגאן‏‎ — Ши́мен Джи́ган, польск. Szymon Dżigan, Семён Моисеевич Джиган; 1905, Лодзь, Российская империя — 14 апреля 1980, Тель-Авив, Израиль) — польский и израильский комик (на идише), актёр, сыгравший несколько главных ролей в предвоенных художественных фильмах на этом языке. Вместе с создал в конце 30-х годов XX столетия самый известный комедийный дуэт «Джиган и Шумахер», просуществовавший до 1961 года. (ru)
  • Szymon Dżigan (jid. שמעון דזשיגאן; ur. 1905 w Łodzi, zm. 14 kwietnia 1980 w Tel Awiwie) – polski aktor i komik żydowskiego pochodzenia, który zasłynął głównie z ról w przedwojennych żydowskich filmach i sztukach teatralnych w języku jidysz. Często występował wraz z Izraelem Szumacherem (1908–1961), z którym stworzył jeden z najbardziej znanych jidyszowych duetów komediowych XX wieku. Po wybuchu II wojny światowej uciekł do Związku Radzieckiego. Od 1942 przebywał w obozie pracy w Taszkencie. W 1948 jako repatriant wrócił do Polski. W 1950 wyemigrował do Izraela. (pl)
  • Shimon Dzigan (Yiddish: שמעון דזשיגאן, Polish: Szymon Dżigan; born 1905 in Łódź - April 14, 1980 in Tel Aviv) was a Polish Jewish comedian. His father was a soldier in the Imperial Russian army. After the outbreak of the First World War Dzigan was apprenticed to a tailor to help the family make ends meet. Moyshe Broderzon was impressed by Dzigan's improvised parodies in 1927 and invited Dzigan to join the Ararat literary cabaret (kleynkunst theater) that he was founding in Łódź with his friends. After Ararat was closed Dzigan teamed up with Israel Shumacher, to form the most famous Yiddish comic duo "". The duo drew comparisons to Abbott and Costello. According to one writer, "one of their most famous sketches, 'Einstein Weinstein', plays a lot like "Who's on First." (en)
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  • Shimen Dzigan (de)
  • Shimon Dzigan (en)
  • Szymon Dżigan (pl)
  • Джиган, Шимон (ru)
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