Zelig
Zelig
Release: 1983-07-15
·Runtime: 79m
·★ 7.4
Comedy
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 Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Orion Pictures
Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Peter McRobbie
as Workers Rally Speaker
Jeanine Jackson
as Helen Gray
Woody Allen
as Leonard Zelig
Elizabeth Kaitan
as German Girl (uncredited)
Howard Erskine
as Hypodermic Doctor
Willy Holt
as Rally Chancellor
Jon Hayden
as Reporter (uncredited)
Saul Bellow
as Saul Bellow - Contemporary Interviews
Vincent Jerman-Jerosa
as Hearst Guest
Kim Johnston Ulrich
as Beauty Contestant (uncredited)
Mae Questel
as Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
Mary Louise Wilson
as Sister Ruth
Paula Trueman
as Woman on Telephone
Irving Howe
as Irving Howe - Contemporary Interviews
Ed Herlihy
as Pathe News Announcer (voice)
Bubba Dean Rambo
as Charleston Dancer (uncredited)
John Rothman
as Paul Deghuee
Michael Jeter
as Freshman #2
Garrett M. Brown
as Actor Zelig
Deborah Rush
as Lita Fox
Susan Sontag
as Susan Sontag - Contemporary Interviews
Arthur Anderson
as Other Doctor (uncredited)
Gale Hansen
as Freshman #1
John Doumanian
as Greek Waiter
John Buckwalter
as Dr. Sindell
Richard Litt
as Charles Koslow
Marianne Tatum
as Actress Fletcher
Dwight Weist
as Hearst Metrotone Announcer (voice)
Mia Farrow
as Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher
Crew
Robert Greenhut
Producer
Thomas A. Reilly
Assistant Director
Santo Loquasto
Costume Design
Dick Hyman
Original Music Composer
Woody Allen
Director, Writer
Todd M. Thaler
Assistant Production Coordinator
Charles H. Joffe
Executive Producer
Ken Murray
Thanks
Gordon Willis
Director of Photography
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Jack Rollins
Executive Producer