5 Movies Starring Topol

Sallah

Sallah

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-03-10

Languages:

Hebrew, English

Countries:

Israel

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (557 Reviews)

Director:

Ephraim Kishon

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Ephraim Kishon (screenplay)

Ephraim Kishon (story)

Fullplot:

The sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history is about new immigrants Sallah and his family, who are left in a shack near their promised apartment and are abandoned for months. A Yemenite Jewish family that was flown to Israel during "Operation Magic Carpet" - a clandestine operation that flew 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel the year after the state was formed - is forced to move to a government settlement camp. The patriarch of the family, portrayed by Chaim Topol, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-11-03

Languages:

English, Hebrew, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

181 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

(27906 Reviews)

Director:

Norman Jewison

Cast:

Writer:

Sholom Aleichem (adapted from stories)

Arnold Perl (adapted from Sholem Aleichem stories by special arrangement with)

Joseph Stein (stageplay by)

Joseph Stein (screenplay)

Fullplot:

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Jews and Orthodox Christians live in the little village of Anatevka in the pre-revolutionary Russia of the Czars. Among the traditions of the Jewish community, the matchmaker arranges the match and the father approves it. The milkman Reb Tevye is a poor man that has been married for twenty-five years with Golde and they have five daughters. When the local matchmaker Yente arranges the match between his older daughter Tzeitel and the old widow butcher Lazar Wolf, Tevye agrees with the wedding. However Tzeitel is in love with the poor tailor Motel Kamzoil and they ask permission to Tevye to get married that he accepts to please his daughter. Then his second daughter Hodel (Michele Marsh) and the revolutionary student Perchik decide to marry each other and Tevye is forced to accept. When Perchik is arrested by the Czar troops and sent to Siberia, Hodel decides to leave her family and homeland and travel to Siberia to be with her beloved Perchik. When his third daughter Chava decides to get married with the Christian Fyedka, Tevye does not accept and considers that Chava has died. Meanwhile the Czar troops evict the Jewish community from Anatevka.

The Public Eye

The Public Eye

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-07-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (399 Reviews)

Director:

Carol Reed

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Shaffer (play)

Peter Shaffer (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When a straight-laced British accountant marries a free-spirited American, he starts trying to change her. His wife doesn't keep regular hours, so he suspects an affair and hires a detective (Topol). The wife notices she is being followed, and maintaining their distance she and the detective explore London for 10 days in a game of follow-the-leader without ever exchanging a word.

Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-12-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (34416 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Hodges

Cast:

Writer:

Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay)

Michael Allin (adaptation)

Alex Raymond (based on the characters created by)

Fullplot:

In this update of the 1930s comic strip, Flash Gordon is a football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. Hans Zarkov's rocketship along with beautiful Dale Arden. The threesome are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, ruled by Emperor Ming the Merciless. Ming has been testing the Earth with unnatural disasters, and deeming it a threat to his rule, he plans to destroy it. He also intends to take Dale as his concubine. Flash must avoid the amorous attentions of Ming's daughter, and unite the warring kingdoms of Mongo to rescue Dale and save our world.

For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-06-26

Languages:

English, Greek, Italian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (65583 Reviews)

Director:

John Glen

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Michael G. Wilson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After disposing of a familiar looking face, Bond is sent to recover a communication device, known as an ATAC, which went down with a British Spy ship as it sunk. Bond must hurry though, as the Russians are also out for this device. On his travels, he also meets Melina Havelock, whose parents were brutally murdered. Bond also encounters both Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo. Each of them are accusing the other of having links with with the Russian's. Bond must team up with Melina, solve who the true ally is and find the ATAC before it's too late.

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