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Zalmen, or The Madness of God (1975)

★ 0.0/10 120 min Drama United States English

Directors: Peter Levin , Alan Schneider

Adaptations: Nathan Edelman, Marion Wiesel
Writer: Elie Wiesel

Streaming: Not available

Description

This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely angry about the repression of Jews in the Soviet Union.

Top Cast

Joseph Wiseman Rabbi

Richard Bauer Zalmen

Robert Prosky The Chairman

Sanford Seeger Srul

Leib Lensky Shmuel

Michael Mertz Motke

David Reinherdsen Chaim

Glenn Taylor Zender