How long is Tickling Leo?

Tickling Leo is 1 hr 31 min long.

Who is Emil Pikler in Tickling Leo?

Eli Wallach plays Emil Pikler in the film.

What is Tickling Leo about?

Set around the days of Yom Kippur, "Tickling Leo" is a contemporary drama that follows three generations of one Jewish family whose secrets threaten to wipe away its future. When he loses touch with his estranged father, Zak Pikler (Daniel Sauli) and his pregnant girlfriend Delphina (Annie Parisse) travel to an abandoned Catskills lake where the eccentric poet Warren Yitzchak Pikler (Lawrence Pressman) is living in solitude and declining health. As Zak copes with his father's dementia, Delphina inadvertently uncovers a secret the Piklers have been hiding since World War II: an impossible sacrifice they made in order to join Rudolph Kasztner’s controversial train out of Hungary.

Tickling Leo

Name: Tickling Leo
Released: 2009-09-04
Duration: 91
Rating: 33

NR 1 hr 31 min

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How long is Tickling Leo?: Tickling Leo is 1 hr 31 min long.

Who directed Tickling Leo?: Jeremy Davidson

Who is Emil Pikler in Tickling Leo?: Eli Wallach plays Emil Pikler in the film.

What is Tickling Leo about?: Set around the days of Yom Kippur, "Tickling Leo" is a contemporary drama that follows three generations of one Jewish family whose secrets threaten to wipe away its future. When he loses touch with his estranged father, Zak Pikler (Daniel Sauli) and his pregnant girlfriend Delphina (Annie Parisse) travel to an abandoned Catskills lake where the eccentric poet Warren Yitzchak Pikler (Lawrence Pressman) is living in solitude and declining health. As Zak copes with his father's dementia, Delphina inadvertently uncovers a secret the Piklers have been hiding since World War II: an impossible sacrifice they made in order to join Rudolph Kasztner’s controversial train out of Hungary.