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Te'alat Blaumilch (1969)
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Ephraim Kishon (play)
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A slapstick comedy lampooning bureaucracy and the madness of everyday life in Israel centers on an escaped lunatic who digs up the streets of Tel-Aviv with a drill. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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An absolutely amazing laugh riot ! ! ! !
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Bomba Tzur | ... | Blaumilch |
| Nissim Azikri | ... | Yehezkel Ziegler |
| Shraga Friedman | ... | Dr. Avigdor Kooiybishevsky |
| Avner Hizkiyahu | ... | Menahem Ze'ev Zuckerman |
| Oded Teomi | ... | Dentist |
| Rina Ganor | ... | Seine Frau |
| Zaharira Harifai | ... | Fürsorgerin |
| Miriam Gavrieli | ... | Deborah Zuckerman |
| Aviva Paz | ... | Secretary |
| Gideon Singer | ... | Police Chief Akiva Levkowicz |
| Mosko Alkalai | ... | Zelig Schultheiss |
| Albert Cohen | ... | Dr. Gilad |
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| Gabi Amrani | ... | Police Officer |
| Yona Atlas | ||
| Reuven Bar-Yotam | ... | Foreman |
| Hanoch Chazon | ||
| Yehuda Efroni | ||
| Zisha Gold | ||
| Esther Greenberg | ... | Mrs. Kalaniot |
| Zalman Hirschfeld | ||
| Arieh Itzhak | (as Arieh Itzhaki) | |
| Ephraim Kishon | ... | Driver |
| Oshik Levi | ||
| Amnon Meskin | ||
| Elisheva Michaeli | ... | Dvora |
| Rivka Michaeli | ... | Cleaning woman |
| Shaike Ophir | ... | Police Officer |
| Abraham Ronai | ... | Mr. Kosla, Asst. to the mayor |
| Tsippi Shavit | ... | Operator in Tel-Aviv City hall (as Tzipi Shavit) |
| Reuven Shefer | ||
| Sami Shmueli | (as Sami Shmuel) | |
| Shlomo Vishinsky | ||
| Nathan Wolfovich | ... | Mayor |
| Aliza Yitzhaki | ||
| Uri Zohar | ... | Orchestra Conductor |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Blaumilch Canal (International: English title) (literal title)
Der Blaumilchkanal (West Germany) (TV title)
The Big Dig
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Der Blaumilchkanal (West Germany) (TV title)
The Big Dig
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Runtime:
95 min | West Germany:87 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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The character of the incompetent police officer (played by Shaike Ophir) was expanded to the protagonist in another film of Ephraim Kishon - Ha-Shoter Azulai (1970) (its Hebrew title - "The Policeman Azoulay").
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Historia Shel Hakolnoah Israeli (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Balada La-Ish Ha-Pashut
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Apart from "Lemon Popsicle" series of films from Israel,there are not so many directors in the history of Israelian cinema who have made successful comedy films.If there is a man who has made enjoyable comedy films it is Iprahim Kishon.As he was primarily a great writer,he was able to infuse his writing talents in his films.It can be said about Iprahim Kishon's film "Te'alat Blaumilch" that its visual as well aesthetic style was completely different from the films made by other comic geniuses like Max Linder,Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. Apart from its highly original idea of a lunatic digging a canal in the middle of a street,this film was famous for its set design which consisted of a replica of a fictitious canal right in the middle of Tel Aviv city.A thing which might irk some feminist viewers is that this is a bit sexist in nature as there are numerous ribald jokes consisting of futile attempts made by office boss to seduce his beautiful secretary. Iprahim Kishon made three great comic films and this film is one of those laugh riots which is surely going to drive you crazy with endless bouts of laughter.