Sallah

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

Chaim Topol

as Sallah Shabati

Geula Noni

as Habbubah Shabati

Gila Almagor

as Bathsheva Sosialit

Shaike Levi

as Shimon Shabati

Arik Einstein

as Ziggi

Ya'ackov Banai

Ya'ackov Ben-Sira

Ya'anckale Bodo

Mike Burstyn

Shmuel Wolf

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