Adam Resurrected
| Adam Resurrected אדם בן כלב Ein Leben für ein Leben | |
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| Directed by | Paul Schrader |
| Screenplay by | Noah Stollman |
| Based on | Adam Resurrected by Yoram Kaniuk |
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| Cinematography | Sebastian Edschmid |
| Edited by | Sandy Saffeels |
| Music by | Gabriel Yared |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
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Adam Resurrected (other titles: Hebrew: אדם בן כלב, romanized: Adam Ben Kelev, German: Ein Leben für ein Leben: "Life for Life") is a 2008 drama film directed by Paul Schrader and written by Noah Stollman, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk. The Hebrew title literally translates to Adam, Son of a Dog.
The film tells the story of a Jewish man who, before the Holocaust, was considered Germany's greatest entertainer. He is forced by a concentration camp commander to live like a dog and entertain those condemned to death. After the war, in the early 1960s, he is hospitalized in a psychiatric institution for Holocaust survivors in the Judean Desert.