Out of Evil

Out of Evil (1950)

קללה לברכה

Yosef, a math student at the Hebrew University, shares his parents’ story with friends on Mount Scopus. In the 1920s, Yaakov and Chava immigrated to establish the Beit Gilboa kibbutz. They worked hard, danced the hora, and sang “Telem” after plowing. Their love disrupted the communal life, facing opposition from friends like Shmuel. Kibbutz secretary Yitzhak and shepherd Avraham supported them, allowing them to live together in a tent. They married and had a son. A puppet theatre performed “The Story of Balaam,” leading them to feel cursed and return to Germany, where they perished. Their son Joseph reached Europe with Avraham’s help and was welcomed back to the kibbutz, which funded his studies. As the country developed, Zionism turned the curse into a blessing.

Date of release
1950-09-10
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Drama
Director
Joseph Krumgold

Casting

Interesting facts

Out of Evil is a 1950 film directed by Joseph Krumgold, starring Mordechai Ben-Ze'ev, Nahum Buchman, and Roberta Hodes. The film follows a family's movements between a kibbutz and Nazi Germany, as well as between peacetime and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was screened at the 6th Locarno Film Festival and screened in competition at the 1950 Venice Film Festival, and released in Israel in 1951.

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