The Angel Levine (1970)
- Directed by
- Ján Kadár
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An elderly Jewish tailor in New York struggles with unemployment and his wife's illness. His faith is tested when a stranger appears, claiming to be his guardian angel and needing the tailor to believe in him.
intimatecontemplativeearnestwistfulgroundedgentlemildly surrealslow-paced
What happens
The Angel Levine is a 1970 American drama film directed by Ján Kadár and starring Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kamińska, Milo O'Shea, and Gloria Foster. It is based on a short story by Bernard Malamud about Morris Mishkin, an elderly, impoverished New York City tailor who becomes unable to work due to health problems. His wife has also been seriously ill for two years, and their situation is now desperate. The tailor's Jewish faith, or lack of it, is challenged when a man calling himself Alexander Levine enters his life, claiming to be his guardian angel. Levine says that he must make the tailor believe in his mission, or fail to earn his angelic wings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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