Zelig

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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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Cast and Crew

Cast

Woody Allen

Leonard Zelig

Mia Farrow

Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher

Patrick Horgan

The Narrator (voice)

John Buckwalter

Dr. Sindell

Marvin Chatinover

Glandular Diagnosis Doctor

Stanley Swerdlow

Mexican Food Doctor

Paul Nevens

Dr. Birsky

Howard Erskine

Hypodermic Doctor

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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

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)

Mae Questel

Voice of Helen Kane (uncredited)

Bubba Dean Rambo

Charleston Dancer (uncredited)

Kim Johnston Ulrich

Beauty Contestant (uncredited)

William Haines

Self (archive footage)

Dorothy Mackaill

Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Blevins

Lizard Dancer (uncredited)

Fanny Brice

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wilhelm Brückner

Self - Walking Behind Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

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James Cagney

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Al Capone

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge

Self - Pinning Medal (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marion Davies

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dolores del Río

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sepp Dietrich

Self - with Hitler and Streicher (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe DiMaggio

Self - Playing Baseball (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marie Dressler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lou Gehrig

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harold 'Red' Grange

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jon Hayden

Reporter (uncredited)

William Randolph Hearst

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudolf Heß

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bobby Jones

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Ley

Self - with Goebbels (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles A. Lindbergh

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carole Lombard

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolphe Menjou

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tom Mix

Self - At San Simeon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon

Self with Hitler and Streicher (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mae Questel

Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)

Billy Rose

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Babe Ruth

Self - Swinging Bat (archive footage) (uncredited)

Julius Schaub

Self - Walking Behind Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gregor Strasser

Self - With Back to Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Julius Streicher

Self - With Hitler and Hess (archive footage) (uncredited)

Franz von Epp

Self - With Goebbels and Ley (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jimmy Walker

Self - Mayor of New York (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ruth Leon Weiman

Mother of a Graduate (uncredited)

Tug Wilson

Police Officer (uncredited)

Claire Windsor

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Woody Allen

Director

Woody Allen

Writer

Gordon Willis

Director of Photography

Dick Hyman

Original Music Composer

Susan E. Morse

Editor

Charles H. Joffe

Executive Producer

Jack Rollins

Executive Producer

Robert Greenhut

Producer

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Michael Peyser

Associate Producer

Juliet Taylor

Casting

Mel Bourne

Production Design

Stuart Robertson

Visual Effects Supervisor

Santo Loquasto

Costume Design

Leslie Bloom

Set Decoration

Janet Rosenbloom

Set Decoration

Todd M. Thaler

Assistant Production Coordinator

Helen Robin

Production Coordinator

Fern Buchner

Makeup Designer

Romaine Greene

Hair Designer

Frederic B. Blankfein

First Assistant Director

John Caglione Jr.

Makeup Artist

Ray Quinlan

Gaffer

Dan Sable

Supervising Sound Editor

Lynn Sable

Apprentice Sound Editor

James Sabat

Production Sound Mixer

Ezra Swerdlow

Unit Manager

Tom McKinley

Costume Assistant

Gail Sicilia

Unit Publicist

Timothy M. Bourne

Location Manager

Richard Nord

Assistant Editor

Michael Peyser

Production Manager

Jim Chory

Additional Second Assistant Director

Joseph Badalucco Jr.

Lead Set Dresser

James Sorice

Key Scenic Artist

James Fanning

Transportation Captain

Fred Rosenberg

Assistant Sound Editor

Ken Murray

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Jeffrey Stern

Assistant Sound Editor

Thomas A. Reilly

Assistant Director

John Edward Allen

Thanks

Richard Hornung

Costume Assistant

Speed Hopkins

Art Direction

Pamela Scott Arnold

Assistant Editor

Duncan Scott

Additional Second Assistant Director

James Mazzola

Property Master

David J. Schweitzer

Special Effects

Kerry Hayes

Still Photographer

Suzanne Pillsbury

Assistant Sound Editor

Debra Bard

Assistant Sound Editor

Paula Herold

Casting Associate

Cosmo Sorice

Scenic Artist

Rick Dior

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Harry Peck Bolles

Assistant Sound Editor

Werner Sherer

Hairstylist

Frank Graziadei

Sound Recordist

Dick Mingalone

Camera Operator

Kay Chapin

Script Supervisor

Irwin Young

Thanks

Louis Sabat

Boom Operator

Ronald Burke

Grip

Robert Ward

Key Grip

Roy B. Yokelson

Sound Engineer

Patrick Hogan

Driver

Tony Gittelson

Second Assistant Director

Carol Nast

Location Scout

Bob Paone

Second Assistant Camera

Bill Christians

Wardrobe Supervisor

Arne Olsen

Construction Grip

Douglas C. Hart

Assistant Camera

Lancey Saunders Clough

Wardrobe Supervisor

Carl Turnquest

Projection

Marjorie Deutsch

Sound Editor

Robert Connors

Best Boy Electric

Randall Coleman

Assistant Sound Editor

Danny Daniels

Choreographer

Joan Lopate

Art Department Coordinator

Lyn Carroll

Costume Assistant

Cheryl Hill

Location Scout

Susan Rollins

Location Scout

Ken Rothstein

Location Scout

Janet Lund Robbins

Apprentice Sound Editor

Gina Roose

Assistant Sound Editor

Trailers

35mm Theatrical Teaser Trailer [4K] [FTD-0893]