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