Once Upon a Time There Was a King

Once Upon a Time There Was a King

2015 · 80 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

Nissim Aloni was a king of the Hebrew theater. The magical realm he created on stage brimmed with imagination and poetry, giving voice and vision to the loftiest dreams. But in a world dominated by a mundane, populist democracy and controlled by functionaries, Aloni found he was a king in exile, without a kingdom, without an audience, without critics, and without theater managers to share his whimsical dreams.

Directed by Doron Djerassi

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