Joseph the Dreamer

May 21, 1962

1h 20m

★ 3.0

Overview

Created in stop-motion animation, this dramatic retelling of the biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors tells of a young boy with the talent of seeing the future in his dreams.

Genres

Animation

Drama

Production Companies

Yoram Gross Films

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Cast

(voice)

Shmuel Atzmon

(voice)

Shlomo Bar-Shavit

(voice)

Shraga Friedman

(voice)

Illi Gorlitzky

(voice)

Amikam Gurevich

(voice)

Shoshana Ravid

Narrator (voice) (2001 Restoration)

Keith Scott

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