Adam Resurrected [Blu-ray]

Overview

Author Yoram Kaniuk's celebrated 1971 novel concerning a charismatic yet questionably sane Holocaust survivor comes to the screen in this dark drama starring Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, and Derek Jacobi. In the years before World War II, Adam Stein (Goldblum) was a Berlin entertainer who thrilled audiences with extravagant circus acts and spectacular magic tricks. Later, when Hitler took power and Europe was plunged into chaos, Stein and his family were locked away in a concentration camp presided over by the sadistic Commandant Klein (Dafoe). The only reason Stein survived those dreadful years was because he managed to become the commandant's personal "dog," entertaining his captors even as his wife and daughter are marched off to die. Flash-forward to 1961, when Stein is a patient at an Israeli mental hospital for Holocaust survivors. Seemingly able to read minds, Stein confounds head doctor Nathan Gross (Jacobi) with the question "Who brought a dog in here?" Despite Gross' vehement denial that any such animal is on the premises, Stein soon tracks the scent to a young boy who has spent his entire youth locked in a basement and chained to a wall. Over time, Stein and the boy see in each other something undeniably familiar, and the two kindred spirits set out on a remarkable journey together.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/22/2021
UPC:	0760137465386
Original Release:	2008
Rating:	R
Source:	Bleiberg Ent
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	27,704

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Director Paul Schrader ; Behind the Scenes featurette; Deleted Scenes; Haifa International Film Festival Q &A; Original Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jeff Goldblum	Adam Stein
Willem Dafoe	Commandant Klein
Derek Jacobi	Dr. Nathan Gross
Ayelet Zurer	Gina Grey
Moritz Bleibtreu	Joseph Gracci
Joachim Król	Abe Wolfowitz
Juliane Köhler	Ruth Edelson
Veronica Ferres	Frau Fogel
Idan Alterman	Arthur
Yevgenia Dudina	Gretchen Stein
Hanna Laslo	Rachel Shwester
Shmuel Edelman	Dr. Shapiro
Dror Keren	Dr. Slonim
Gabriel Yared	Composer

Technical Credits

Noah Stollman

Paul Schrader	Director
Noah Stollman	Screenwriter
Ehud Bleiberg	Producer
Werner Wirsing	Producer
Yoram Barzilai	Executive Producer
Marion Forster-Bleiberg	Executive Producer
Ulf Israel	Executive Producer
Guido Zettier	Sound/Sound Designer