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Leon Prudovsky

Born May 24, 1978 · Leningrad, USSR (age 48)

Leon Prudovsky was born in St.-Petersburg, Russia in 1978, and raised in Israel. He emerged to the world of cinema in 2005 with his diploma film from The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (Tel Aviv University), Dark Night which was voted finalist at the Student Academy Awards(TM) and received Special Mention in Venice Film Festival and dozens of other awards.

Known For

Dark Night

Dark Night · 2005

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict manifests in its most complicated form over one night, and the encounter between two Israeli soldiers and the two Palestinian residents of the house to which the soldiers escape after their vehicle is attacked.

Five Hours from Paris

Five Hours from Paris · 2009

Five Hours from Paris

MovieDramaRomance

Only 5 flight hours from Paris, in a working-class suburb of Tel Aviv, two people meet. He is a bred-and-born Israeli and she is a Russian immigrant. He is a taxi driver and she is a music teacher. He has no aspirations. She gave up hers long ago. He is afraid of flying and she is about to fly away. What are the odds of them ending up together?

My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbor Adolf · 2022

My Neighbor Adolf

South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof.

Welcome and Our Condolences

Welcome and Our Condolences · 2012

Welcome and Our Condolences

A family of Russian immigrants is going through the absurd Israeli immigration bureaucracy with an immigrating corpse.

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Dark Night

Dark Night · 2005

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict manifests in its most complicated form over one night, and the encounter between two Israeli soldiers and the two Palestinian residents of the house to which the soldiers escape after their vehicle is attacked.

Director

Five Hours from Paris

Five Hours from Paris · 2009

Five Hours from Paris

MovieDramaRomance

Only 5 flight hours from Paris, in a working-class suburb of Tel Aviv, two people meet. He is a bred-and-born Israeli and she is a Russian immigrant. He is a taxi driver and she is a music teacher. He has no aspirations. She gave up hers long ago. He is afraid of flying and she is about to fly away. What are the odds of them ending up together?

Director

My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbor Adolf · 2022

My Neighbor Adolf

South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof.

Director

Welcome and Our Condolences

Welcome and Our Condolences · 2012

Welcome and Our Condolences

A family of Russian immigrants is going through the absurd Israeli immigration bureaucracy with an immigrating corpse.

Writer