Italy / Sep 03, 1983 / Venice Film Festival
You wanted more when it was all over!
1h 19min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Francis Beggins | City Hall Speaker |
| Jean Trowbridge | Dr. Fletcher's Mother |
| Ken Chapin | On-Camera Interviewer |
| Gerald Klein | Hearst Guest |
| 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 | German Girl (uncredited) |
| Arthur Anderson | Other Doctor (uncredited) |
| Bubba Dean Rambo | Charleston Dancer (uncredited) |
| Kim Johnston Ulrich | Beauty Contestant (uncredited) |
| Michael Blevins | Lizard Dancer (uncredited) |
| Jon Hayden | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Mae Questel | Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited) |
| Ruth Leon Weiman | Mother of a Graduate (uncredited) |
| Tug Wilson | Police Officer (uncredited) |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Zelig |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English, Deutsch |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Orion Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions |
| Release date | 15 luglio 1983 |
| Executive producer | Charles H. Joffe, Jack Rollins |
| Production | Robert Greenhut, Michael Peyser |
| Writer | Woody Allen |
| Casting | Juliet Taylor |
| Editing | Susan E. Morse, Richard Nord, Pamela Scott Arnold |
| Cinematography | Gordon Willis, Douglas C. Hart, Bob Paone, Robert Ward, Dick Mingalone, Ronald Burke, Kerry Hayes |
| Assistant directors | Frederic B. Blankfein, Thomas A. Reilly, Tony Gittelson, Woody Allen, Jim Chory, Duncan Scott, Kay Chapin |
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Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
United States / Jul 15, 1983 / PG
Argentina / Aug 24, 1983
Brazil / Aug 24, 1983
France / Sep 13, 1983
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Italy / Sep 23, 1983
Australia / Sep 28, 1983
Germany / Sep 30, 1983 / 12
United Kingdom / Oct 06, 1983 / PG
Netherlands / Dec 08, 1983 / AL
Physical media
Brazil / Aug 12, 2005 / L / DVD
Netherlands / Oct 10, 2007 / AL / DVD
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