Film
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
United States- Director
- Alan Schneider
- Year
- 1975
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.
Top cast
Joseph Wiseman
Rabbi
Richard Bauer
Zalmen
Robert Prosky
The Chairman
Sanford Seeger
Srul
Leib Lensky
Shmuel
Michael Mertz
Motke
David Reinherdsen
Chaim
Glenn Taylor
Zender
Mark Hammer
The Doctor
Howard Witt
The Inspector
Dianne Wiest
Nina
John Koch
Misha
Gary Bayer
Alexei
Michael Haney
Guard
Kenneth Kantor
Guard
John Jellison
The Cantor
Scott Schofield
The Commissar
Nancy Dutton
The Secretary
Directed by
Alan Schneider, Peter Levin
Written by
Elie Wiesel
Produced by
Ken Campbell