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Uri Zohar
Director 1935 - 2022

Uri Zohar

Tel-Aviv, Israel

Uri Zohar was a prominent Israeli film director, actor, and comedian who later became an Orthodox rabbi. Born in Tel Aviv, he began his career in the entertainment industry in the 1950s, gaining fame for his work in Israeli cinema and television. Zohar directed and starred in... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

5 titles
Hatzilu Et HaMatzil

Hatzilu Et HaMatzil

Uri Zohar, Itzik Kol 1977 1h 30m

Comedy about day to day life of a Gordon beach lifeguard and his friends.

Einayim G'dolot

Einayim G'dolot

Uri Zohar 1974 1h 15m

Benny Furman is a basketball headcoach who can't decide what he really wants.

Metzitzim

Metzitzim

Uri Zohar 1972 1h 30m

Gote and Eli are two aging friends who don't want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.

Shlosha Yamim Veyeled

Shlosha Yamim Veyeled

Uri Zohar 1967 1h 30m

Based on a short story by Abraham B. Jehoshua, the movie follows Eli (Oded Kotler) taking care of an old girlfriend's child for three days. He wants him to get hurt, he worries about him. Will the child survive the three days? Will Eli?

Hor B'Levana

Hor B'Levana

Uri Zohar 1964 1h 15m

A comic and episodic satire, the film uses improvisation to illustrate the clash between fantasy and reality in real life. Although conceived in the style of Mekas’ “Hallelujah the hills” (1962), it’s an authentically Israeli satire, an openly rebellious and individualistic expression that poked fun at the sacred myths of earlier zionist films.

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