Zalmen, or The Madness of God

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Zalmen, or The Madness of God (1975)

Directed by Peter Levin, Alan Schneider

Drama · 2h 00m

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.

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Cast

Joseph Wiseman Rabbi
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Richard Bauer Zalmen Robert Prosky The Chairman
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Sanford Seeger Srul
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Leib Lensky Shmuel
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Michael Mertz Motke
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David Reinherdsen Chaim
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Glenn Taylor Zender
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Mark Hammer The Doctor
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Howard Witt The Inspector Dianne Wiest Nina
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John Koch Misha

Crew

Director
Peter Levin, Alan Schneider
Writer
Elie Wiesel
Producer
Ken Campbell

Details

Release date
1975-01-13
Runtime
2h 00m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
THIRTEEN, Broadway Theatre Archive