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.
Credits
The Dybbuk Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Stefan Gierasch
He was 34, 88 years old when he died
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as Yonya |
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Theodore Bikel
He was 36, 91 years old when he died
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as Sender |
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Vincent Gardenia
He was 40, 72 years old when he died
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as Nissen |
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Michael Tolan
He was 34, 85 years old when he died
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as Channon |
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Milton Selzer
He was 41, 87 years old when he died
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as Messenger |
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Gene Saks
He was 38, 93 years old when he died
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as Mikoel |
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Sylvia Davis
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as Frade |
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Ludwig Donath
He was 60, 67 years old when he died
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as Rabbi Azrael |
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Michael Shillo
He was 40, 86 years old when he died
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as Rabbi Samson |
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Carol Lawrence
She was 28, now 92 years old
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as Leah |
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Eli Mintz
He was 56, 83 years old when he died
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as Nachmon |
The Dybbuk Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Sidney Lumet as Director. He was 36 (86) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Sholom Ansky as Theatre Play. |
Writing |
