The Dybbuk

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Horror,

Drama,

Fantasy,

History,

TV Movie

Duration:

104 minutes

Year:

1960

Director:

Sidney Lumet

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Company:

Talent Associates

Cast:
Theodore Bikel

Sender

Sylvia Davis

Frade

Ludwig Donath

Rabbi Azrael

Vincent Gardenia

Nissen

Stefan Gierasch

Yonya

Crew:
Sidney Lumet

Director

Sholom Ansky

Theatre Play

Joseph Liss

Screenplay