Goldstein (film)

Goldstein
Goldstein
	DVD cover
Directed by	Philip Kaufman; Benjamin Manaster
Written by	Philip Kaufman; Benjamin Manaster
Produced by	Zev Braun; Philip Kaufman
Cinematography	Jean-Phillippe Carson
Edited by	Adolfas Mekas
Music by	Meyer Kupferman
Production; companies	Montrose Film Productions; Braun Entertainment Group
Distributed by	Altura Films International
Release date	1964;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Goldstein is a 1964 film co-directed by Philip Kaufman and Benjamin Manaster,^[1] and produced by Kaufman and Zev Braun.

Plot

The cast featured a number of actors from The Second City comedy troupe in a retelling of the story of Elijah.^[2]

It had earned praise by filmmakers Jean Renoir and François Truffaut (the former called it "the best American film I have seen in 20 years").^[3]^[4]

The film shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at the Cannes Film Festival in 1964 with Bertolucci's Before the Revolution.^[5]