The Dybbuk (1960)
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 BikelSenderSylvia DavisFrade
Ludwig DonathRabbi Azrael
Vincent GardeniaNissen
Stefan GieraschYonyaTheo GoetzMeyer
Carol LawrenceLeah
Eli MintzNachmonJerry RockwoodIlya
Gene SaksMikoel
Milton SelzerMessenger
Michael ShilloRabbi SamsonKeywords
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What is The Dybbuk 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.
How long is The Dybbuk?
The Dybbuk has a runtime of 104 minutes.
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