Harry Belafonte chose to produce this captivating, potent film (1970) of Bernard Malamud’s story The Angel Levine as his come-back after a decade-long absence from movies. He stars alongside the excellent Zero Mostel (as the elderly impoverished Morris Mishkin) and the magnificent Yiddish stage actress Ida Kamińska (as Mishkin’s dying wife.) Belafonte plays the Jewish Angel Levine, or rather an apprentice angel who, in order to earn his wings, needs to convince the exhausted tailor Mishkin to believe in him. The two men grapple with issues of race, love, ethics, and friendship as the Angel tries to overcome Mishkin’s skepticism.
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Always been a favorite brilliant story! But didn’t know about the film!
Always been a favorite brilliant story! But didn’t know about the film!
Posted by: Tracy Moore | 06 April 2020 at 10:33
Thank you, Katz. I'd never heard of this but now it's on my Amazon (curses on its head! but what is one to do) watchlist.
Posted by: Mary Fusoni | 26 April 2020 at 13:55