Sallah Shabati
1964 film by Ephraim Kishon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sallah Shabati (Hebrew: סאלח שבתי) is a 1964 Israeli comedy film about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement, as well as the issues Mizrahi Jews faced in the developing Israeli society. This social satire placed the director Ephraim Kishon and producer Menahem Golan among the first Israeli filmmakers to achieve international success. It also introduced to audiences to actor Chaim Topol, who would later achieve even greater recognition with the 1971 American period musical film Fiddler on the Roof.
Sallah Shabati | |
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Directed by | Ephraim Kishon |
Written by | Ephraim Kishon |
Produced by | Menahem Golan |
Starring | Chaim Topol Arik Einstein Gila Almagor Shraga Friedman |
Cinematography | Floyd Crosby |
Production company | Herzliya Studios |
Distributed by | Noah Films |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Language | Hebrew |
Budget | 400,000 lirot. |
The protagonist's name, Sallah Shabati, is perhaps a play on the phrase סליחה שבאתי, Sliḥa she'bati, "I apologise for coming/I regret coming here". In earlier print versions of Kishon's short stories which were revised for the film, the character was known as Saadia Shabtai.