The Dybbuk

The Dybbuk (1960)


  • Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy, History, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1960-10-03
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Talent Associates
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Sidney Lumet

Summary

The Dybbuk is a made for TV film adaptation of a classic Jewish folktale. The story is about a young Jewish man, Sender (Theodore Bikel) who loves a young Jewish woman, Leah (Carol Lawrence) but her father arranges her marriage with another man. The grief of this causes Sender to die, but his spirit passes into the body of his beloved on her wedding day. Rabbi Azrael (Ludwig Donath), who serves as our narrator through the beginning of the film, is charged with the task of exercising Sender’s Dybbuk (sometimes defined as a malicious spirit or demon who possesses the living) from Leah’s body.

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  • Theodore Bikel

    as Sender
  • Sylvia Davis

    as Frade
  • Ludwig Donath

    as Rabbi Azrael
  • Vincent Gardenia

    as Nissen
  • Stefan Gierasch

    as Yonya
  • Theo Goetz

    as Meyer
  • Carol Lawrence

    as Leah
  • Eli Mintz

    as Nachmon
  • Jerry Rockwood

    as Ilya
  • Gene Saks

    as Mikoel
  • Milton Selzer

    as Messenger
  • Michael Shillo

    as Rabbi Samson
  • Michael Tolan

    as Channon
Writing Joseph Liss Screenplay
Directing Sidney Lumet Director
Writing Sholom Ansky Theatre Play

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