Zelig (1983)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $11,798,616.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.53 |
Directed By
Woody Allen
Crew
Woody Allen
Charles H. Joffe
Susan E. Morse
Dick Hyman
Robert Greenhut
Gordon Willis
Jack Rollins
Woody Allen
Frederic B. Blankfein
Arne Olsen
Lancey Saunders Clough
Ezra Swerdlow
Jim Chory
Janet Rosenbloom
Marjorie Deutsch
Todd M. Thaler
Jeffrey Stern
Thomas A. Reilly
Douglas C. Hart
Tony Gittelson
James Sorice
Danny Daniels
Roy B. Yokelson
Carol Nast
Joan Lopate
Carl Turnquest
Janet Lund Robbins
Harry Peck Bolles
Suzanne Pillsbury
Bob Paone
Lyn Carroll
Ken Rothstein
Tom McKinley
Richard Hornung
Bill Christians
Duncan Scott
Gina Roose
Debra Bard
Fred Rosenberg
Robert Ward
Robert Connors
Lynn Sable
Susan Rollins
Randall Coleman
Joseph Badalucco Jr.
Cheryl Hill
Michael Peyser
Juliet Taylor
Leslie Bloom
Santo Loquasto
Michael Peyser
Fern Buchner
John Caglione Jr.
Romaine Greene
Werner Sherer
Mel Bourne
Speed Hopkins
Rick Dior
Dick Mingalone
Ronald Burke
Dan Sable
Louis Sabat
Stuart Robertson
David J. Schweitzer
James Sabat
Kerry Hayes
Timothy M. Bourne
Richard Nord
Kay Chapin
Paula Herold
Patrick Hogan
Irwin Young
Helen Robin
Gail Sicilia
Ray Quinlan
James Fanning
John Edward Allen
Ken Murray
Pamela Scott Arnold
Cosmo Sorice
James Mazzola
Frank Graziadei
TOP CAST
Woody Allen
Leonard Zelig
Mia Farrow
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher
Patrick Horgan
The Narrator (voice)
John Buckwalter
Dr. Sindell
Marvin Chatinover
Glandular Diagnosis Doctor
Stanley Swerdlow
Mexican Food Doctor
Paul Nevens
Dr. Birsky
Howard Erskine
Hypodermic Doctor
Richard Whiting
Other Doctor
Ralph Bell
Other Doctor
Will Hussung
Other Doctor
Gale Hansen
Freshman #1
Michael Jeter
Freshman #2
Peter McRobbie
Workers Rally Speaker
Richard Litt
Charles Koslow
Mary Louise Wilson
Sister Ruth
Alice Beardsley
Telephone Operator
Paula Trueman
Woman on Telephone
Garrett M. Brown
Actor Zelig
Marianne Tatum
Actress Fletcher
Charles Denny
Actor Doctor
Michael Kell
Actor Koslow
John Rothman
Paul Deghuee
Deborah Rush
Lita Fox
Stanley Simmonds
Lita's Lawyer
Robert Berger
Zelig's Lawyer
Jeanine Jackson
Helen Gray
John Doumanian
Greek Waiter
Willy Holt
Rally Chancellor
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag - Contemporary Interviews
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow - Contemporary Interviews
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
Pathe News Announcer (voice)
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
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