Israeli films before 1948
by yossi-tissona | created - 19 Apr 2017 | updated - 01 Nov 2020 | PublicIsraeli films before 1948
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1. Oded Hanoded (1933)
70 min | Drama
Oded Hanoded, the first feature film made in Hebrew.
Director: Chaim Halachmi | Stars: Shimon Povsner, Shimon Finkel, Shifra Ashman, Menachem Gnessin
Votes: 11
2. Va'Yehi Be'May (1932)
18 min | Short, Comedy
A tailor and his wife, two tourists and two settlers get mixed up with costumes and confusion during the Purim celebration of the 'AdLoYada' in Tel Aviv.
Director: Chaim Halachmi | Stars: Moshe Choorgel, Yehezkel Friedman, Baruch Hadari, Hanna Haim
Votes: 9
4. Zot Hi Ha'aretz (1935)
50 min | Drama
A chronicle of fifty years of trying to make a desert bloom and create a new state, Israel, in the land of British Palestine.
Director: Baruch Agadati | Stars: Moshe Choorgel, Yitzhak Katz, Raphael Klatchkin, Bezalel London
Votes: 15
5. Pioneers of Palestine (1933)
84 min | Drama
Describe the harsh reality attempts of establishing a Jewish settlement in Israel and the efforts of the Arab to prevent it. The film is considered as the first talking film in Palestine Israel.
Director: Aleksander Ford | Stars: Aharon Meskin, M. Forfeld, Raphael Klatchkin, Rita Goldberg
Votes: 19
6. Beit Avi (1947)
84 min | Drama
A boy who survived the Holocaust hopes to be reunited with his parents in the Holy Land.
Directors: Herbert Kline, Joseph Lejtes, Ben Oyserman | Stars: Y. Adaki, Irene Broza, Michael Cohen, Ronnie Cohen
Votes: 14
7. M'Al Hahuravot (1938)
70 min | Drama
A big screen adaptation of author Zvi Lieberman's children's book of the same title. Young German Jewish teens arriving in the country at the Nahalat Achim youth village struggle to fit in ... See full summary »
Directors: Nathan Axelrod, Alfred Wolf | Stars: Yoma Ben-Artzi, Yosef Cohen, Yehuda Gabai, Miriam Halafi
8. The Land of Promise (1935)
57 min | Documentary
Portraying Zionist settlers' accomplishments, this part-documentary, part-travelogue shows 1930s Palestine as opportunity for fulfilling a dream. Through evocative visuals, it encourages settlement and investment in the "Jewish homeland."
Director: Juda Leman | Star: David Ross
Votes: 26
9. Aviv B'Eretz Yisrael (1928)
64 min | Documentary
Directors: Ya'ackov Ben-Dov, Joseph Gal-Ezer
Votes: 12
11. Harpatkeotav Shel Gadi Ben Sossi (1931)
8 min | Animation, Short
Director: Baruch Agadati
Votes: 7
12. The First Film of Palestine (1911)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Murray Rosenberg
Votes: 28
16. The Illegals (1947)
72 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Director: Meyer Levin | Stars: Dahn Ben Amotz, Yankel Mikalovitch, Tereska Torres
Votes: 8
17. Halome Ami (1933)
66 min | Documentary
Early documentary on Palestine, featuring the last appearance of Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt.
Director: A.J. Bloome | Stars: Zvee Scooler, Yossele Rosenblatt
Votes: 6
20. Dim'at Ha'Nehamah Ha'Gedolah (1947)
50 min | Drama
Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Abraham Sofaer, Alexander Sarner, Dan Lustig, Ahuva Ginegari
24. Avoda (1935)
50 min | Documentary, Music
This documentary celebrates the pioneering labors of early Jewish settlers in Palestine, recording the technological and agricultural accomplishments of the pioneers and the idea of a socialist Jewish state.
Director: Helmar Lerski
Votes: 43
25. Life of the Jews of Palestine (1913)
78 min | Documentary
The Life of the Jews in Palestine: 1913 is an extraordinary look at the pioneers of the First and Second Aliyah in Palestine.
Director: Noah Sokolovsky
Votes: 43
26. Bonim V'Lohamim (1997)
50 min | Documentary
This historic document of Palestine during the tumultuous 1920s includes footage from three rare films by Ya'akov Ben Dov, the father of Hebrew cinema. Preserved in a joint project by the ... See full summary »
Director: Ya'akov Gross
Votes: 6
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