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Sallah Shabati

סאלח שבתי

1964

A cunning, work-shy patriarch newly arrived in 1950s Israel schemes to win his big family better housing and an easier life amid the chaos of mass immigration. A beloved satirical comedy about the young nation's growing pains.

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