The Dybbuk (1960): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 1960, The Dybbuk is a fantasía, drama, terror and película de tv film directed by Sidney Lumet, running about 104 minutes.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. The Dybbuk stars Theodore Bikel as Sender, Sylvia Davis as Frade, Ludwig Donath as Rabbi Azrael and Vincent Gardenia as Nissen, among others.

Where to watch. In Estados Unidos you can rent or buy it from YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Dybbuk page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Dybbuk tend to enjoy El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey, La milla verde, El viaje de Chihiro and El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo.