Zelig (1983)

Movie Details

Original Title Zelig

Original Language EN

Budget $13,500,000

Revenue $11,798,616

Status Released

Popularity 1.1

Cast

Woody Allen

Leonard Zelig

Popularity: 1.7

Mia Farrow

Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher

Popularity: 6.8

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Patrick Horgan

The Narrator (voice)

Popularity: 0.3

John Buckwalter

Dr. Sindell

Popularity: 0.0

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Marvin Chatinover

Glandular Diagnosis Doctor

Popularity: 0.2

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Stanley Swerdlow

Mexican Food Doctor

Popularity: 0.0

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Paul Nevens

Dr. Birsky

Popularity: 0.0

Howard Erskine

Hypodermic Doctor

Popularity: 0.3

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Richard Whiting

Other Doctor

Popularity: 0.2

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Ralph Bell

Other Doctor

Popularity: 0.0

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Will Hussung

Other Doctor

Popularity: 0.0

Gale Hansen

Freshman #1

Popularity: 2.6

Key Crew

Director Woody Allen

Producer Robert Greenhut

Executive Producer Charles H. Joffe, Jack Rollins

Editor Susan E. Morse

Writer Woody Allen

Production

Orion Pictures

Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Videos & Trailers

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

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

great depression celebrity mockumentary chameleon psychiatrist found footage newsreel footage electroconvulsive therapy 1920s 1930s historical images mocking historical events

Reviews from TMDB

ltcomdata 6/10

Feb 26, 2014

A charming mockumentary about a fictional 1920s personality filmed as if cobbled together from old black-and-white footage.

tmdb28039023 6/10

Sep 3, 2022

Leonard Zelig is a "human chameleon," but Zelig the film doesn't stop at mimicry. Indeed, this fictional documentary written, directed, and starring Woody Allen differentiates between imitation and parody the same way Hitchcock differentiated between action and suspense. For example, the protagon ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10

Jun 21, 2025

I suppose nowadays we would call this a “mockumentary” about a chap who can be all things to all men except, perhaps, himself. It’s told using interviews, news reports and other actuality to regale us with the life and times of this man who somehow managed to infiltrate just about every scenar ... Read more