Sallah (1964)
1h 50m
Running Time
June 2, 1964Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Topol
Sallah Shabati
Shaike Levi
Shimon Shabati
Geula Nuni
Habbubah Shabati
Geula Noni
Habbubah Shabati
Gila Almagor
Bathsheva Sosialit
Arik Einstein
Ziggi
Albert Cohen
Actor
Ephraim Kishon
Director
Details.
Wiki.
Sallah Shabati (Hebrew: סאלח שבתי) is a 1964 Israeli 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 protagonist's name, Sallah Shabati, is perhaps a play on the phrase סליחה שבאתי, Sliḥa she'bati, "I apologise for coming". In earlier print versions of Kishon's short stories which were revised for the film, the character was known as Saadia Shabtai.