---
title: 'The Angel Levine (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ján Kadár'
released: '1970-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-angel-levine-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065400/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Angel Levine (1970)

1970 · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Harry Belafonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-belafonte)
- **Director:** [Ján Kadár](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-kadar)
- **Screenplay:** [Bill Gunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-gunn), [Ronald Ribman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-ribman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Zdeněk Liška](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-liska)

## Cast

- [Anne Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-jackson)
- [Harry Belafonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-belafonte)
- [Gloria Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-foster)
- [Ida Kamińska](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-kaminska)
- [Milo O'Shea](https://cinepixo.com/people/milo-o-shea)
- [Eli Wallach](https://cinepixo.com/people/eli-wallach)
- [Zero Mostel](https://cinepixo.com/people/zero-mostel)

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