The Dybbuk
1960, English. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 3 October 1960
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Joseph Liss
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The Dybbuk runs 104 minutes (1h 44m).
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Who directed The Dybbuk?
The Dybbuk (1960) was directed by Sidney Lumet and stars Theodore Bikel, Sylvia Davis, Ludwig Donath.