The story
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 Arab countries.
Cast & crew
Chaim TopolSallah Shabati
Geula NoniHabbubah Shabati
Gila AlmagorBathsheva Sosialit
Shaike LeviShimon Shabati
Arik EinsteinZiggi
Ya'ackov BanaiCast
Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
Ya'anckale BodoCast
Mike BurstynCast
Shmuel WolfCastExplore the crew
- Producer
- Menahem Golan
- Director
- Ephraim Kishon
- Writer
- Ephraim Kishon
- Original Music Composer
- Yohanan Zaray
- Director of Photography
- Floyd Crosby
- Director of Photography
- Nissim Leon