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Summary:

Sallah is a comedy film about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement. This social satire placed the director Ephraim Kishon and producer Menahem Golan among the first Israeli filmmakers to achieve international success. It also introduced actor Chaim Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) to audiences worldwide. The film's name, Sallah Shabati is a play on words; ostensibly a Yemenite Jewish name, it is also intended to evoke the phrase, (lit. "Sorry I came"), equivalent to "excuse me for living" in English. The film begins with Sallah Shabati, a Mizrahi Jewish immigrant, arriving with his family in Israel. Upon arrival he is brought to live in a ma'abara, or transit camp. He is given a broken down, one room shack in which to live in with his family and spends the rest of the movie attempting to make enough money to purchase adequate housing. His money-making schemes are often comical and frequently satirizes the political and social stereotypes in Israel of the time. Also released as Sallah Shabati. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards, 1965. Best Foreign Language Foreign Film, Golden Globes, 1965. Best Screenplay, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1964. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1965. In Hebrew with English subtitles. Directed by Ephraim Kishon. Israel.

Contributors:

Infobase , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

RetroFilm Archive (Firm)

Languages:

Hebrew
English

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned.

Genres:

Internet videos

Online media

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Originally released by RetroFilm Archive, 1964.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 07, 2023.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Title from distributor's description

Audience:

Grades: 9 - 12, Academic/AP
Special audience characteristics: A V Quality

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 47 min., 21 sec)) : sound.

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Infobase: 288300

OCLC Numbers:

1381542309

Other Control Numbers:

1000288300 (source: FOD)
[Unknown Type]: wcc1000288300