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Ephraim Kishon
Writer 1924 - 2005

Ephraim Kishon

Budapest, Hungary

Ephraim Kishon was a Hungarian-born Israeli author, playwright, and film director, renowned for his satirical works that humorously depicted Israeli society. Born as Ferenc Hoffmann in Budapest, he survived the Holocaust by escaping from a Nazi labor camp. After World War II,... Read full bio →

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Ha-Shoter Azulai

Ha-Shoter Azulai

Ephraim Kishon 1971 1h 27m

Azulai is a policeman in Jaffa, whose incompetence is only matched by his soft-heartedness. His superiors want to send him to early retirement, but he would like to stay on the force, and the criminals of Jaffa don't want to see him leave either...

Te'alat Blaumilch

Te'alat Blaumilch

Ephraim Kishon 1969 1h 35m

A slapstick comedy lampooning bureaucracy and the madness of everyday life in Israel centers on an escaped lunatic who digs up the streets of Tel-Aviv with a drill.

Sallah Shabati

Sallah Shabati

Ephraim Kishon 1964 1h 50m

Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of the 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.

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