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.
Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy, History, TV Movie
Stars: Theodore Bikel, Sylvia Davis, Ludwig Donath, Vincent Gardenia, Stefan Gierasch, Theo Goetz
Crew: Joseph Liss (Screenplay), Sidney Lumet (Director), Sholom Ansky (Theatre Play)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Talent Associates
Runtime: 104 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 03, 1960
IMDb: 10
Keywords:dybbuk
