The Magician of Lublin
The Magician of Lublin is a 1979 drama film co-written and directed by Menahem Golan based on The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The film's title song was performed by Kate Bush.
Plot
Yasha Mazur (Alan Arkin) is a turn-of-the-20th-century Jewish stage magician, womaniser, con man, and mystic. His great ambition is to figure out how to fly – an ambition he eventually achieves but not as a magic trick. He tours the western reaches of the old Russian Empire.
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| author | Sheldon Patinkin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Poland |
| director | Menahem Golan |
| editor | Dov Hoenig |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | argentina aristocrat battering ram big break breakthrough role buenos aires card trick con man holy man houdini how to jew kill linda bernstein lublin magic trick maia danziger married medical treatment mentally unstable morning mourn mystic mysticism on the road pimp russian empire sexual slavery stage magician torah warsaw west |
| musicBy | Maurice Jarre |
| productionCompany | The Cannon Group#1979–1985: Golan Globus era |
| publisher | The Cannon Group |
| recordedAt | Germany |