Sallah Shabati
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Sallah Shabati (Hebrew: סאלח שבתי) is a 1964 Israeli comedy film about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement, as well as the issues Mizrahi Jews faced in the developing Israeli society.
Sallah Shabati: Directed by Ephraim Kishon. With Topol, Geula Nuni, Gila Almagor, Albert Cohen. The sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history (until that time) is about new immigrants Sallah and his family, who are left in a shack near their promised apartment and are abandoned for months.
- (1.2K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Ephraim Kishon
- 1965-03-10
Genres: Comedy. Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes. Availability: Worldwide. This 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.
- 3 min
- IsraeliFilms
Dec 6, 2022 · How did Chaim Topol overcome the challenge of playing Sallah Shabati, the role that made him famous but also threatened to typecast him as a mere impressionist? Learn about his early career, his collaboration with Ephraim Kishon, and his determination to break free from the stereotype.
Sallah Shabati, an Oriental Jew, arrives with his family in the young nation of Israel in 1949 and finds housing in a ramshackle transit camp until he can afford a modern flat. Sallah, habitually lazy, devises various schemes to get money, such as selling his vote to each of the several political parties.
- Ephraim Kishon, Joseph Gross
- Haym Topol
A comedy film about a Yemenite Jewish family's struggles to settle in Israel after immigration. The film satirizes the bureaucracy, politics and culture of the new state and features Chaim Topol as the main character.
Sallah Shabati, a Mizrahi Jewish immigrant, travels from Yemen to Israel with his family. Upon their arrival, they are taken to the camp and given a dreadful one-room tin house, ...Read more where the entire family sleeps.
