Sallah | Sallah Shabati
Brace yourself for Sallah, a film that in 1964 put actor Topol and director Efraim Kishon in the permanent spotlight and made Israel a true contender in world cinema. In 1949, a Middle Eastern Jewish family moves to a settlement camp in Israel, not realising the challenges that lie on the horizon for new immigrants. Sallah, the family patriarch with a permanent scowl, discovers the hard way that Israeli bureaucracy could keep his family out of a permanent home for years - and he vows to fight it… his way. His aversion to hard work and socialist values soon makes him a deviant in the eyes of kibbutz leaders and government officials. Sallah is a sharp and often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history. It ran a record nine months in New York theatres, for which it received the New York Film Distributors' Award. It launched the career of Topol, who went on to immortalise the character Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
Primary Title
- Sallah | Sallah Shabati
Date Broadcast
- 1964
Duration
- 110:00
Channel
- Media Services
Broadcaster
- The University of Auckland - Libraries and Learning Services
Owning Organisation
- The University of Auckland Library
Programme Description
- Brace yourself for Sallah, a film that in 1964 put actor Topol and director Efraim Kishon in the permanent spotlight and made Israel a true contender in world cinema. In 1949, a Middle Eastern Jewish family moves to a settlement camp in Israel, not realising the challenges that lie on the horizon for new immigrants. Sallah, the family patriarch with a permanent scowl, discovers the hard way that Israeli bureaucracy could keep his family out of a permanent home for years - and he vows to fight it… his way. His aversion to hard work and socialist values soon makes him a deviant in the eyes of kibbutz leaders and government officials. Sallah is a sharp and often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history. It ran a record nine months in New York theatres, for which it received the New York Film Distributors' Award. It launched the career of Topol, who went on to immortalise the character Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- Hebrew
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Film out of copyright. Made for the University of Auckland's educational use.
Subjects
- Feature films
- Jews
- Israelis
- Kibbutzim in literature
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
Contributors
- Sallah Company (Production Unit)
- Sallah Limited (Production Unit)
- Menahem Golan (Producer)
- Efraim Kishon (Director / Screenplay)
- Floyd Crosby (Cinematography)
- Nissim Leon (Cinematography)
- Roberto Cinquini (Editor)
- Jacques Ehrlich (Editor)
- Danny Shick (Editor)
- Yohanan Zaray (Music)
- Topol (Actor)
- Gila Almagor (Actor)
- Geula Noni (Actor)
- Arik Einstein (Actor)
- Zaharira Harifai (Actor)
- Shraga Friedman (Actor)
Subjects
- Feature films
- Jews
- Israelis
- Kibbutzim in literature