The Dybbuk 63 years old

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
Stefan Gierasch He was 34, 88 years old when he died as Yonya
Theodore Bikel He was 36, 91 years old when he died as Sender
Vincent Gardenia He was 40, 72 years old when he died as Nissen
Michael Tolan He was 34, 85 years old when he died as Channon
Milton Selzer He was 41, 87 years old when he died as Messenger
Gene Saks He was 38, 93 years old when he died as Mikoel
Sylvia Davis as Frade
Ludwig Donath He was 60, 67 years old when he died as Rabbi Azrael
Michael Shillo He was 40, 86 years old when he died as Rabbi Samson
Eli Mintz He was 56, 83 years old when he died as Nachmon
Carol Lawrence She was 28, now 91 years old as Leah

The Dybbuk Crew

Name Department
Sidney Lumet as Director. He was 36 (86) years old when He died Directing
Sholom Ansky as Theatre Play. Writing
The Dybbuk poster
The Dybbuk (63 years)

  • Release day: Monday, October 03, 1960
  • Runtime: 104 minutes