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Sallah Shabati (1964)
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10 March 1965 (USA) morePlot:
A Yemenite Jewish family that was flown to Israel during "Operation Magic Carpet" - a clandestine operation... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins moreUser Comments:
Vintage Cinema moreCast
(Credited cast)| Topol | ... | Sallah Shabati (as Haym Topol) | |
| Geula Nuni | ... | Habbubah Shabati (as Geula Noni) | |
| Gila Almagor | ... | Bathsheva Sosialit | |
| Albert Cohen | |||
| Shraga Friedman | ... | Neuman | |
| Zaharira Harifai | ... | Frieda | |
| Shaike Levi | ... | Shimon Shabati | |
| Nathan Meisler | ... | Mr. Goldstein | |
| Esther Greenberg | ... | Sallah's wife | |
| Mordecai Arnon | ... | Mordecai | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ya'ackov Banai | |||
| Ya'ackov Ben-Sira | |||
| Ya'ackov Bodo | |||
| Mike Burstyn | |||
| Arik Einstein | ... | Ziggi | |
| Yehuda Fox | |||
| Joseph Levi | |||
| Haim Polani | |||
| Hanna Raviv | |||
| Shmuel Rodensky | |||
| Hinna Rozovska | |||
| Yehuda Rubenstein | |||
| Reuven Shefer | |||
| Gideon Singer | |||
| Nissan Yatir | |||
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Watching "Sallah Shabati" now, 38 years after it had been made, really amazes me when I come to think about the latest productions from Hollywood, and their huge budgets. In Israel of those times it was even difficult to obtain a suitable filming equipment; according to Ephraim Kishon, the director, there was only one camera available in the whole country. Kishon admitted he had no idea about how to make a film, therefore he surrounded himself with experts, such as Floyd Crosby the cinematographer. There was even an attempt to stop the film from being distributed internationally, due to It's 'poor technical quality'... Despite all that, "Sallah" became a domestic hit, and achieved international success also; it won several important awards, and was nominated for 'best foreign film' at the 1965 Academy Awards. Kishon, who by that time was already a well known writer, begun a second career as a film maker, Topol gained recognition as an international actor and went on to star in films such as "Cast a Giant Shadow" and "Fiddler on the Roof", and Menahem Golan (the film producer) established himself as a successful Hollywood producer and director. So, is it all about the money, or it is the talent we are looking for?