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:

Topol Geula Nuni Gila Almagor Albert Cohen

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.

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