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Adam Resurrected is a american film of genre Drama directed by Paul Schrader released in USA on 12 december 2008 with Jeff Goldblum
Adam Resurrected (2008)
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Add to a movie listAdam Resurrected (Hebrew: אדם בן כלב, translit. Adam Ben Kelev) is a 2008 American-German-Israeli film, directed by Paul Schrader and adapted from Yoram Kaniuk's novel of the same name published in Israel in 1968 (the book's original name literally means "Man, son of a dog").
Jeff Goldblum stars as the titular character, alongside Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi and Ayelet Zurer. Several major German stars, including Moritz Bleibtreu, Veronica Ferres, Juliane Köhler and Joachim Król, play supporting roles.
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The film follows the story of Adam Stein, a charismatic patient of a fictitious psychiatric asylum for Holocaust survivors in Israel, in 1961.Actors
Jeff Goldblum
(Adam Stein)
Willem Dafoe
(Commandat Klein)
Derek Jacobi
(Dr. Nathan Gross)
Ayelet Zurer
(Gina Grey)
Moritz Bleibtreu
(Joseph Gracci)
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