Sallah

Sallah (1964)

סאלח שבתי

Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of a big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

Date of release
1964-06-02
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Ephraim Kishon

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

Sallah Shabati 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.

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