Product Details

• Actors: Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska, Milo O'Shea, Gloria Foster
• Directors: Ján Kadár
• Writers: Bernard Malamud, Bill Gunn, Ronald Ribman
• Producers: Harry Belafonte, Chiz Schultz, Hal De Windt, Victor Solow
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: August 1, 2000
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0792846370
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,998 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such a good movie!, August 1, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Angel Levine (DVD)

It may be a movie that mostly adults would see, but I saw it with my mother, and I loved. I found it very confusing, but my mother expained it to me during the movie.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Unknown "Levine", September 19, 2009

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Scott T. Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Angel Levine (DVD)

Languishing in obscurity until its DVD release, this Bernard Malamud adaptation provides a fine showcase for Zero Mostel and Harry Belafonte (his first screen role since 1959's "Odds Against Tomorrow"). Czech filmmaker Ján Kadár's American debut suffers from staginess and his uncertain handling of Malamud's short story, but the actors save the day. An engaging fable, "The Angel Levine" is recommended for ambitious cinephiles rather than mainstream viewers.

14 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Promise Unfulfilled, November 30, 2000

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Daniel G. Berk (West Bloomfield, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Angel Levine [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Zero Mostel plays a poor schlemiel by the name of Mishkin, who is visited by a Jewish angel named Levine. Levine is played by Harry Belafonte! This certainly promises some very clever and very amusing moments. Unfortunately, the promise remains unkept. In fact, the film never really gets started. I can remember thinking what a long time it was taking to get going, and then the closing credits started to scroll; it never got going. What is particularly disappointing is that this is a film I wanted very much to like. Alas, we don't always get what we want.