Uri Zohar

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Uri Zohar

Born November 4, 1935 · Tel-Aviv, Israel

Died June 2, 2022 · aged 86

Uri Zohar was a prominent Israeli film director, actor, and comedian who later became an Orthodox rabbi. Born in Tel Aviv, he began his career in the entertainment industry in the 1950s, gaining fame for his work in Israeli cinema and television. Zohar directed and starred in several influential films, including Hole in the Moon (1964), Three Days and a Child (1967), and Big Eyes (1974). His film…

Known For

999 Aliza: The Policeman999 Aliza: The Policeman · 1967
999 Aliza: The Policeman
5.51967
MovieComedy
Aliza mizrahi, the building cleaner, solves a murder where the police fails
Wedding in JerusalemWedding in Jerusalem · 1985
Wedding in Jerusalem
1985
MovieDocumentary
Renan Schorr documented the wedding of Uri Zohar's son to Arik Einstein's daughter.
Schwartz: The Brave DetectiveSchwartz: The Brave Detective · 1973
Schwartz: The Brave Detective
6.21973
MovieComedy
Bumbling private detective Schwartz and his equally inept part Simcha are hired by a man to find out if the man's wife is cheating on him with the family doctor. The blundering duo run afoul of mobsters and experience other mishaps during their investigation.
Peeping TomsPeeping Toms · 1972
Peeping Toms
4.41972
MovieComedyDrama
Gote and Eli are two aging friends who don't want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.
Uri Zohar: The ReturnUri Zohar: The Return · 2018
Uri Zohar: The Return
8.02018
MovieDocumentary
Documentary following Uri Zohar on the set of a short film he's directing, years after leaving the cinematic world for the religious world.
The SnailThe Snail · 1970
The Snail
8.51970
MovieDocumentary
A musical, semi-documentary motion picture considering the making of "Shablul", a rock album by Arik Einstein and Shalom Hanoch. The film demonstrates fragments of being, a few funny sketches and musical numbers, much affected by The Beatles' flicks. "Shablul" reminds its viewers the taste of 60s, showing them the Israeli pop/rock scene of these jolly years.
The TroupeThe Troupe · 1978
The Troupe
7.81978
MovieDramaComedy
The movie, set in the Israeli 1969 War of Attrition, tells the story of a prestigious military band, and the tensions and ego crises new band members cause when joining the band. Will the band survive?
DreamboatDreamboat
Dreamboat
8.0
Movie
A group of children embrace an eccentric old man, and working together, build a ship on a rooftop.

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Hole in the MoonHole in the Moon · 1964
Hole in the Moon
6.01964
MovieComedy
A comic and episodic satire, the film uses improvisation to illustrate the clash between fantasy and reality in real life. Although conceived in the style of Mekas’ “Hallelujah the hills” (1962), it’s an authentically Israeli satire, an openly rebellious and individualistic expression that poked fun at the sacred myths of earlier zionist films. The technique of film within the film is used to portray cinema as reflection of the imagination, a miracle based on dreams and fantasies that take on concrete characteristics – parallel to the miracle of Israel, the dream that has become reality. Although not a commercial success, its importance is beyond any measure, though it remains a unique experiment, boldly uncommercial and subversive, out of any context in that patriotic, ideological epoch.

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The True Story of PalestineThe True Story of Palestine · 1962
The True Story of Palestine
8.01962
MovieDocumentary
Hundreds of hours of raw material shot by Nathan Axelrod, a pioneer of Israeli filmmaking before the State of Israel who documented the building of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine – are the building blocks of the film before us: Meir Dizengoff riding his horse, Hannah Maron as a young girl trying to sell us shoelaces, the inauguration of the new port in Tel Aviv, settlers breaking ground in Hanita, the Habima Theater and Hannah Robina, the stars of the Matateh Theater, two kids tap-dancing, Ben Gurion and Shlonsky`s hair-dos, a Tel Aviv soccer match, the illegal immigration, scenic shots (swamps and desert), and more and more from the never-ending treasures of the “Carmel Films” archive.

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