The Dybbuk (1960)
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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.
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Writer:
Joseph Liss
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Theodore Bikel as Sender |
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Sylvia Davis as Frade |
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Ludwig Donath as Rabbi Azrael |
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Vincent Gardenia as Nissen |
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Stefan Gierasch as Yonya |
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Theo Goetz as Meyer |
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Carol Lawrence as Leah |
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Eli Mintz as Nachmon |
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Jerry Rockwood as Ilya |
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Gene Saks as Mikoel |
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Milton Selzer as Messenger |
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Michael Shillo as Rabbi Samson |
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Michael Tolan as Channon |
| Writing | Joseph Liss | Screenplay |
| Directing | Sidney Lumet | Director |
| Writing | Sholom Ansky | Theatre Play |
