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Naftali Alter
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Known For
King for a Day · 1982King for a Day
★ 9.01982
Movie
A hotel porter, who a long time ago divorced his wife and his daughter with her in America, is alarmed when a beautiful girl arrives at his hotel looking for her supposedly rich father. The porter had been sending back money and describing himself as a well-to-do businessman. With the help of his hotel friends, he becomes the guest of honor and takes her on a tour of Israel, all the time trying to avoid revealing his true work.
Mrs. vs. Miss · 1985Mrs. vs. Miss
★ 7.01985
MovieComedy
Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer · 1976Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer
★ 8.01976
MovieComedy
Sergio Konstanza, a swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Sergeant is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson's Daughters.
April Fool · 1989April Fool
★ 6.01989
MovieComedy
A modern-day children’s fairy tale that is also a parody of prank films which, in 1980s Israel, were a highly popular film genre. In the magical land of Bubble Gum where all children’s dreams are made, live two princesses: the kind-hearted Tzipi (Tsippi Shavit) and her wicked sister, Pitzi (Seffy Rivlin). Every year on 1 April (April Fools’ Day), the princesses’ birthday, the two hold a prank competition amongst themselves, with the winner getting to rule the land of Bubble Gum for one year. Rounding off Shavit and Rivlin’s adventure and prank fest is a talking robot and a group of children including one Natasha Braunstein – who will go on to become US actor Natasha Lyonne of Orange is the New Black and Russian Doll fame.
Million Dollar Madness · 1986Million Dollar Madness
★ 7.01986
MovieComedy
This comedy about the "sanity" of those in an asylum focuses on popular Israeli comic Seffi Rivlin, who plays a bank manager who discovers that the inmates of a mental institution are running a counterfeiting operation from the basement of their hospital. Actors exaggerate their portrayals of the patients, and the plot zooms off in several directions at once
Saint Cohen · 1975Saint Cohen
★ 7.51975
Movie
A man comes to town that lies on the northern border and intends to commit suicide. The townspeople rescue him, but later they discover he’s a well known poet, the kind whose death place can become a site of pilgrimage.
