Zelig(Movie, 1983)

Name: Zelig
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1983
Duration: T01:19:00
Rating: 3.7

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 19min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 372 votes)

Zelig is a 1983 American satirical mockumentary comedy film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, a nondescript enigma, who, apparently out of his desire to fit in and be liked, unwittingly takes on the characteristics of strong personalities around him. The film, presented as a documentary, recounts his period of intense celebrity during the 1920s, including analyses by contemporary intellectuals. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for numerous awards, including the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Costume Design. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Zelig

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design

About Zelig

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.

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Trailer for Zelig + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Zelig (1983)(Trailer, 0:46)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New Jersey

Plays in: Washington D.C.

Made by: Orion Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN)

Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 09/30/1983 (World premiere: 07/15/1983)

Cast: Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, Susan Sontag, Saul Bellow, Bruno Bettelheim, Josephine Baker, Fanny Brice, Al Capone, Charlie Chaplin, Calvin Coolidge, Marion Davies, Dolores del Rio, Joe DiMaggio, Marie Dressler, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, William Randolph Hearst, Rudolf Heß, Adolf Hitler, Charles Lindbergh, Carole Lombard, Adolphe Menjou, Tom Mix, Babe Ruth, Claire Windsor, Patrick Horgan, Ada Smith, Irving Howe, Michael Jeter, John Rothman, Deborah Rush, Sepp Dietrich, Elizabeth Kaitan, Mae Questel, Paula Trueman, Max Amann, Red Grange, Ed Herlihy

Creator: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen

Producer: Robert Greenhut

Screenwriter: Woody Allen

Film Editor: Susan E. Morse

Director of Photography: Gordon Willis

Composer: Dick Hyman

Costume designer: Santo Loquasto

Production Designer: Mel Bourne

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Зелиг"

"西力傳"

"젤리그"

Keywords: chameleon, mockumentary, newsreel footage, 1930s, 1920s, psychiatrist, electroconvulsive therapy, paris, france, great depression, celebrity

Revenue: 11,798,616 USD

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