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The Magician of Lublin is a israelien film of genre Drama directed by Menahem Golan released in USA on 9 november 1979 with Alan Arkin

The Magician of Lublin (1979)

The Magician of Lublin
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Released in USA 9 november 1979
Length 1h45
Directed by
OriginIsrael
Genres Drama
Rating58% 2.9054852.9054852.9054852.9054852.905485

The Magician of Lublin is a 1979 film co-written and directed by Menahem Golan. The film is based on The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The film's title song was performed by Kate Bush.

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Yasha Mazur (Alan Arkin) is a turn-of-the-20th-century Jewish stage magician, womaniser, conman, 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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