Known for Acting
A kind-hearted, liberal and person-loving orthopedic doctor is about to purchase a new apartment for his son and daughter-in-law. While visiting the building site, he steps on excrement left in the living room by the laborers locked up for the night. He can't get rid of the smell in any way and falls into the terrible crisis of his life...
An American soldier is wounded in Israel and slowly begins to lose his sight while hospitalized.
Based on a short story by Abraham B. Jehoshua, the movie follows Eli (Oded Kotler) taking care of an old girlfriend's child for three days. He wants him to get hurt, he worries about him. Will the child survive the three days? Will Eli?
At the end of World War 2, a Nazi escapes arrest by assuming the identity of concentration camp victim. 20 years later, he is threatened with exposure. The only way out would seem to be murder. Hour of Truth was lensed largely on location in Israel.
Robert Hirsch impresses as he takes on 11 different roles in Alex Joffé's comedy about the six sons of a recently deceased Jewish Casanova. To receive their inheritance, the sons must convene in Israel and recite a Kaddish (memorial prayer) for their dad. But planning the gathering is no easy feat. The film's title is based on the nonobservant son's futile attempts to contact his siblings on the one day when working is forbidden by Jewish law.
