Ya'ackov Ben-Sira

The Passport (1990)

Merab, a Georgian taxi driver who mistakenly crosses into Israel while seeing off his Jewish brother, Yasha, gets stuck without documents. He gets entangled in bureaucratic nightmares, mistaken identity, and KGB plots while trying to return home. ...

Lend Me Your Wife (1988)

A married couple - Sasson and Yona - decide to open a new page in their life by opening a little restaurant. ...

Puss in Boots (1988)

Following the death of their miller father, his eldest son inherits the mill, the middle one a donkey, and the youngest a cat. While initially disappointed, the lad soon learns not only that the cat can talk but is quite resourceful. ...

Young Love (1987)

While his parents are on holiday, Huey and his buddies borrow their car and go out. After pursuing a gang of girls, Huey crashes the car, and discovering that the repairs will cost a small fortune, the boys must get jobs to pay for the repairs before Huey' ...

Rumpelstiltskin (1987)

A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who recieves help from a mischievous dwarf, then ends up over her head. Now, she and a mute servant girl may be the only hope for her baby son, John. ...

Operation Shtreimel (1984)

This wacky comedy takes place in the weeks leading up to the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. With the Allies uncertain as to what the Germans have in store for them after the invasion, it's up to one Jewish paratrooper to sneak into Germa ...

Sahara (1983)

Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert. ...

Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (1979)

A religious drama about Christ's parents, the events leading up to his birth, and the effect on the lives of the well-known biblical figures of the time. ...

Jesus (1979)

Three and a half years of Jesus' ministry, as told in the Gospel of Luke. ...

Theft from a Thief (1977)

A thief is released from prison and with the help of his friend he tries to avenge the policeman who caught him. ...

Only Today (1976)

The vegetables seller from the market falls in love with the university student. ...

Kazablan (1973)

An adaptation of a popular Israeli stage musical. Kazablan is an army veteran turned gang leader in the Israeli port of Jaffa who masks his feelings of bitterness with a lot of bravado. He's sweet on Rachel, a young woman who lives with her father and step ...

Nurith (1972)

A romantic drama about Nurith - a young girl who tries to become a singer. ...

Salomonico (1972)

The story of Salomonico who works in the Tel Aviv Port and tries to defend his house and his life. ...

Seven Times a Day (1971)

A Quebec architect, working in Israel, visits a psychoanalyst to learn why he has an insatiable libido. ...

The Jolly Cobbler (1970)

He Walked Through the Fields (1967)

Uri, the first son of a "kibbutz", comes home from 2 years of studying. He finds his father has joined the British army, and his mother is with another man. He meets Mika - a new immigrant from Poland - and quickly falls in love with her. He is then torn b ...

Ervinka (1967)

A good-natured but incorrigible layabout becomes embroiled in a plot to rob the Israeli lottery, all the while indulging in his boundless zeal for mischief and romance. ...

Love in the Port (1967)

In a port far from Iran, a young worker is in love with a girl. ...

Moishe Air-Condition (1966)

A comedy about Moishe, a soldier in the army whose nickname is Moishe Air-Condition. ...

Sallah (1964)

Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of a big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from ...