Sallah Shabati
(Sallah)

Israel (1964): Comedy

Israeli stage and film favorite Chaim Topol tops the cast of this film. Topol plays a Jewish refugee who moves his family to Israel shortly after the official establishment of that "promised land." Unlike his hard-working new neighbors, Topol is shiftless and lazy, forever finding the easiest, most painless means to support his family. Amazingly, Topol becomes a hero when, while wheeling and dealing, he uncovers misappropriations and corner-cutting in Israel's housing industry. Directed by Ephraim Kishon. (Sallah/Palisades Int'l) (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)

· Foreign Language Film Award 1964: (Menahem Golan, producer.)

1 nomination