Movie Description
The Dybbuk
(1960)Overview
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.
Cast
Sender
Frade
Rabbi Azrael
Nissen
Yonya
Meyer
Leah
Nachmon
Ilya
Mikoel
Messenger
Rabbi Samson
Channon
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Facts
Original TitleThe Dybbuk
Status Released
Release Information
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1960-10-03
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 44m
Production CompaniesTalent Associates
Genres
- Horror
- Drama
- Fantasy
- History
- TV Movie
