One of the most popular comedies in Israel’s film history, Sallah, directed by the famous humorist Ephraim Kishon, stars Topol, as a lazy man who emigrated to Israel in 1948, when the State was born,
However, despite being married and raising many children, he finds ways to make a living without working too hard, which is contrary to the prevailing Zionist ideology of the time.
This is the film that catapulted to international stardom Topol, who went on to play the lead role in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” on the London stage and in the Hollywood film, for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination.
Oscar Alert
Oscar Nominations: 1
Foreign Language Film
Oscar Awards: None
Oscar Context:
In 1964, the winner of the Foreign Language Film Oscar was the Italian comedy, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The other nominees were “”Raven’s End” from Sweden, “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” from France, and “Woman on the Dunes” from Japan.
