Sallah Shabati /
סאלח שבתי.
In 1949, a Yemenite Jewish family that was flown to Israel during "Operation Magic Carpet", a clandestine operation that flew 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel the year after the state was formed, is forced to move to a government settlement camp in Israel, not realizing the challenges that l...
| Uniform Title: | Sallah Shabati (Motion picture : 1964) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Language Notes: | Hebrew dialogue with optional English, French or Hebrew subtitles. |
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Israel :
United King Films,
[2007]
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| Edition: | Full screen. |
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| Summary: | In 1949, a Yemenite Jewish family that was flown to Israel during "Operation Magic Carpet", a clandestine operation that flew 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel the year after the state was formed, is forced to move to a government settlement camp in Israel, not realizing the challenges that lie on the horizon for new immigrants. Sallah, the family patriarch with a permanent scowl, discovers the hard way that Israeli bureaucracy could keep his family out of a permanent home for years -- and he vows to fight it...his way. His aversion to hard work and socialist values soon make him a deviant in the eyes of kibbutz leaders and government officials. The sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history is about new immigrants Sallah and his family, who are left in a shack near their promised apartment and are abandoned for months. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. "Bonus features: 'The Israeli Theater of Efraim Kishon' featurette (Hebrew with English subtitles)"--Container. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Format: | DVD format; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 or Dolby surround. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Music, Yohanan Zaray ; director of photography, Floyd Crosby, Nissim Leon ; editor, Roberto Cinquini, Jacques Ehrlich and Danny Shick ; costume design, Gina Rosenbach. |
| ISBN: | 1560865229 9781560865223 |