About the film
Zalmen, or, The Madness of God
Release Date: January 13, 1975
| Year | : | 1975 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | |
| Production Companies | : | Public Broadcasting Service, Thirteen |
| Director | : | Alan Schneider, Peter Levin |
| Producers | : | Ken Campbell, Zelda Fichandler |
| Writers | : | Elie Wiesel, Nathan Edelman, Marion Wiesel |
| RunTime | : | 120 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
Joseph Wiseman
Character : Rabbi
Richard Bauer
Character : Zalmen
Robert Prosky
Character : The Chairman
Sanford Seeger
Character : Srul
Leib Lensky
Character : Shmuel
Michael Mertz
Character : Motke
David Reinherdsen
Character : Chaim
Glenn Taylor
Character : Zender
Mark Hammer
Character : The Doctor
Howard Witt
Character : The Inspector
Dianne Wiest
Character : Nina
John Koch
Character : Misha
Gary Bayer
Character : Alexei
Michael Haney
Character : Guard
Kenneth Kantor
Character : Guard
John Jellison
Character : The Cantor
Scott Schofield
Character : The Commissar
Nancy Dutton
Character : The Secretary
Michael Gorrin
Character : Avrom
Leslie Cass
Character : Feige
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