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Zelig

“You wanted more when it was all over!”

Movie
7.5
Rating
(898 votes)
1h 19m
Runtime
1983
Released
1
Popularity

Genres

Comedy

Overview

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.

Status

Released

Original Title

Zelig

Release Date

1983-07-15

Languages

English, German

Budget

USD 13,500,000

Revenue

USD 11,798,616

Profit

-USD 1,701,384

Directors

Woody AllenWoody Allen

Writers

Woody Allen
Woody AllenWriter

Cast

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Leonard Zelig

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow

Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher

Patrick Horgan

The Narrator (voice)

John Buckwalter

John Buckwalter

Dr. Sindell

Marvin Chatinover

Glandular Diagnosis Doctor

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Paul Nevens

Dr. Birsky

Howard Erskine

Howard Erskine

Hypodermic Doctor

Richard Whiting

Other Doctor

Ralph Bell

Other Doctor

Will Hussung

Other Doctor

Gale Hansen

Gale Hansen

Freshman #1

Michael Jeter

Michael Jeter

Freshman #2

Peter McRobbie

Peter McRobbie

Workers Rally Speaker

Richard Litt

Richard Litt

Charles Koslow

Mary Louise Wilson

Mary Louise Wilson

Sister Ruth

Alice Beardsley

Telephone Operator

Paula Trueman

Paula Trueman

Woman on Telephone

Garrett M. Brown

Garrett M. Brown

Actor Zelig

Marianne Tatum

Marianne Tatum

Actress Fletcher

Charles Denny

Actor Doctor

Michael Kell

Actor Koslow

John Rothman

John Rothman

Paul Deghuee

Deborah Rush

Deborah Rush

Lita Fox

Stanley Simmonds

Lita's Lawyer

Robert Berger

Zelig's Lawyer

Jeanine Jackson

Jeanine Jackson

Helen Gray

John Doumanian

John Doumanian

Greek Waiter

Willy Holt

Willy Holt

Rally Chancellor

Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag - Contemporary Interviews

Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow - Contemporary Interviews

Irving Howe

Irving Howe

Irving Howe - Contemporary Interviews

Marshall Cole Sr.

Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews

Ellen Garrison

Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Jack Cannon

Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews

Theodore R. Smits

Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews

Sherman Loud

Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews

Elizabeth Rothschild

Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Kuno Sponholz

Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews

Ed Herlihy

Ed Herlihy

Pathe News Announcer (voice)

Dwight Weist

Dwight Weist

Hearst Metrotone Announcer (voice)

George Hamlin

Experimental Drugs Doctor

Robert Iglesia

Man in Barber Chair

Eli Resnick

Man in Park

Edward McPhillips

Scotsman

Sol Lomita

Martin Geist

Ed Lane

Man on Telephone

Sharon Ferrol-Young

Miss Baker

Dimitri Vassilopoulos

Martinez

Stephanie Farrow

Sister Meryl

Francis Beggins

City Hall Speaker

Jean Trowbridge

Dr. Fletcher's Mother

Ken Chapin

On-Camera Interviewer

Gerald Klein

Hearst Guest

Vincent Jerman-Jerosa

Vincent Jerman-Jerosa

Hearst Guest

Erma Campbell

Zelig's Wife

Anton Marco

Wrist Victim

Louise Deitch

House-Painting Victim

Bernice Dowis

Vilification Woman

Bernie Herold

Carter Dean

Elizabeth Kaitan

Elizabeth Kaitan

German Girl (uncredited)

Arthur Anderson

Arthur Anderson

Other Doctor (uncredited)

Bubba Dean Rambo

Bubba Dean Rambo

Charleston Dancer (uncredited)

Kim Johnston Ulrich

Kim Johnston Ulrich

Beauty Contestant (uncredited)

Michael Blevins

Lizard Dancer (uncredited)

Jon Hayden

Jon Hayden

Reporter (uncredited)

Mae Questel

Mae Questel

Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)

Ruth Leon Weiman

Mother of a Graduate (uncredited)

Tug Wilson

Police Officer (uncredited)

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