Sallah Shabati
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Sallah Shabati | |
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Directed by | Ephraim Kishon |
Produced by | Menahem Golan |
Starring | Chaim Topol |
Release date(s) | Israel June 1964 USA March 10 1965 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Israel |
Language | Hebrew |
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Sallah Shabati (Hebrew: סאלח שבתי) is a motion picture comedy about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement that introduced actor Chaim Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) to audiences worldwide. This social satire placed the director Ephraim Kishon and producer Menahem Golan among the first Israeli filmmakers to achieve international success.
This film was nominated for a 1964 Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film, a first for an Israeli production, but it lost the Oscar to the Italian film, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.