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The Policeman
''The Policeman'' () is a 1971 Israeli feature film, written, directed and co-produced by satirist Ephraim Kishon. The touching protagonist `The Policeman Azoulay` is played by Shaike Ophir (credited as Shay K. Ophir), in what is considered one of his finest performances. The film was nominated for the 1972 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and won the Golden Globe Award in the same category. It won several other awards, such as best foreign film in the Barcelona film festival and best director in the Monte Carlo festival. In Israel, it is considered a cinematic classic. Plot Officer Avraham Azoulay is a patrolman in Tel Aviv's district of Jaffa. He is an honest man, though extremely naive, and because of his character, has never been promoted during his twenty years in the force. He is married to a dull woman (played by veteran actress Zaharira Harifai); the couple have no children. His superiors, Captain Levkovich and First Sergeant Bejerano, decide not to renew his ...
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Ephraim Kishon
Ephraim Kishon (; August 23, 1924 – January 29, 2005) was a Hungarian-born Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Academy Award, Oscar-nominated film director. He was one of the most widely read contemporary satire, satirists in Israel and was also particularly popular in German-speaking countries.Ephraim Kishon, 80, Holocaust Survivor Who Became Satirist
*The New York Times*, 30 January 2005
Obituaries: Ephraim Kishon
*The Guardian*, 1 February 2005


Biography

Ephraim Kishon was born on August 23, 1924, by the name of Ferenc Hoffmann into a ...
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Zaharira Harifai
Zaharira Harifai (; December 12, 1929 – January 2, 2013) was an Israeli film, stage, and television actress and recipient of the Israel Prize in Theater, which she was awarded in 2003. ''The Jerusalem Post'' called her "one of Israel's most celebrated actresses." She was born and raised in Tel Aviv. Her father, Haim Leib Harifai, immigrated from Russia in 1922. He became a journalist, but died of pneumonia when Harifai was four years old. Harifai graduated from Mikveh Yisrael agricultural school in 1946 and then became a member of the first brigade of the Palmach battalion. She studied acting and theater at the "Hadramati" school, the drama school of the Cameri Theater. She joined the ensemble of the Cameri Theater in 1968 and remained at the theater until her death in 2013. In 2003, Harifai was awarded the Israel Prize for Theater. She won the Best Actress in Theater award in 2011 for her role in the Anat Gov play, ''Happy End''. Death Zaharira Harifai died from cancer at t ...
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List Of Israeli Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Israel has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1964. Despite its relatively small film-making industry, ten Israeli films have been nominated for the Foreign Language Oscar, placing it in the Top Ten most nominated countries of all time. However, as of 2024, no Israeli film has ever won the coveted award. Since 1991, the Israeli Ophir Award winner for Best Film is automatically designated the Israeli submission for the Oscar. In 2007, ''Aviva My Love'' and '' Sweet Mud'' tied for the award, necessitating a second round of voting which resulted in the submission of ''Sweet Mud''. In 2008 '' The Band's Visit'' won the Ophir Award for Best Film but was disqualified by AMPAS for containing too much English dialogue. The runner-up '' Beaufort'' was submitted in its place, resulting in Israel's first Oscar nomination in 23 years. The most successful Israeli director is this category is Moshé Mizrahi who received two Oscar nominations re ...
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List Of Submissions To The 44th Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country. For the 44th Academy Awards, twenty films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Bulgaria and Canada submitted films for consideration for the first time. Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa gained his first nomination for the award (although he had received an honorary award at the 24th Academy Awards in 1951 for ''Rashomon'') for ''Dodes'ka-den'', a film wh ...
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Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual Awards ceremony, award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every January, and has been a major part of the film industry's Film awards seasons, awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards. The eligibility period for Golden Globes corresponds from January 1 through December 31. The Golden Globes were not televised in 1969–1972, 1979, and 2022. The 2008 ceremony was canceled due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. Currently, the Golden Globes Awards are owned and operated by Dick Clark Productions, following its sale by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on June 12, 2023. History The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 as the Hollywood Foreign Correspondent Association (HFCA) by Los Angeles–based foreign journalists seeking ...
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44th Academy Awards
The 44th Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jack Lemmon. One of the highlights of the evening was one of the last public appearances of Betty Grable, who died the following year. She appeared alongside one of her leading men from the 1940s, singer Dick Haymes, to present the musical scoring awards. This was the first time in Awards history that the nominees were shown in superimposed pictures while being announced. Around seventy-five million viewers watched the ceremony. Winners and nominees Awards Nominations announced on February 22, 1972. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (). Select "1971" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search". Honorary Award * To Charles Chaplin for the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this ...
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Efraim Stan
Ephraim (; , in pausa: ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath, as well as the adopted son of his biological grandfather Jacob, making him the progenitor of the Tribe of Ephraim. Asenath was an ancient Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and daughter of Potipherah, priest of ʾOn (Heliopolis) (). Ephraim was born in Egypt before the arrival of the Israelites from Canaan. The Book of Numbers lists three sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Beker, and Tahan. However, 1 Chronicles 7 lists eight sons, including Ezer and Elead, who were killed in an attempt to steal cattle from the locals. After their deaths he had another son, Beriah. He was the ancestor of Joshua, son of Nun ben Elishama, the leader of the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan. According to the biblical narrative, Jeroboam, who became the first king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, was also from the house of Ephraim. Biblical c ...
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Abraham Celektar
Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the covenantal relationship between the Jewish people and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in Muhammad. Abraham is also revered in other Abrahamic religions such as the Baháʼí Faith and the Druze faith. The story of the life of Abraham, as told in the narrative of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, revolves around the themes of posterity and land. He is said to have been called by God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in the land of Canaan, which God now promises to Abraham and his progeny. This promise is subsequently inherited by Isaac, Abraham's son by his wife Sarah, while Isaac's half-brother Ishmael is also ...
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Arieh Itzhak
Arieh is both a given name and a surname. Arieh means lion in Hebrew. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Arieh Batun-Kleinstub (born 1933), Israeli Olympic high jumper *Arieh Ben-Naim (born 1934), professor of physical chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem *Arieh Dulzin (1913–1989), Zionist activist who served as a Minister without Portfolio in Israel * Arieh Handler (1915–2011), Zionist leader * Arieh Iserles (born 1947), computational mathematician * Arieh Levavi (1912–2009), fourth Director General of the Israeli Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Arieh Lubin (1897–1980), Israeli artist * Arieh O'Sullivan (born 1961), American-Israeli author, journalist, and defense correspondent * Arieh Sharon (1900–1984), Israeli architect * Arieh "Xiaomanyc" Smith (born 1990), American polyglot YouTuber *Arieh Warshel (born 1940), Israeli-American Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Nobel Prize winner Surname *Josh Arieh Josh ...
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Gabi Amrani
Gabi or GABI may refer to: People * Gabi (born 1997), also known as Gabbriette, American model and musician * Gabi (footballer, born 1981) or Gabriel José Pinto Couto, Portuguese footballer * Gabi (footballer, born 1983) or Gabriel Fernández Arenas, Spanish footballer * Gabi Ashkenazi (born 1954), Israeli general and politician * Gabi DeMartino (born 1995), American singer-songwriter * Gabriela Guimarães (born 1994), Brazilian volleyball player * Gabi Hun (born 1990), American rock musician * Gabi Neumark (1946–2000), Israeli basketball player * Gabriel Popescu (born 1973), former Romanian footballer * Gabi Sklar (born 1999), American singer-songwriter * Gabi Teichner (born 1945), Israeli basketball player Places * Gabi, Bohol, a barangay in Ubay, Bohol, Philippines * Gabi, Niger * A barangay in Cordova, Cebu, Philippines * Mount Gabi, an underwater mountain near the southwestern tip of Western Australia Other uses * Gabi (clothing), a blanket made of chiffon used i ...
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Nitza Saul
Nitza Saul (; born June 25, 1950, sometimes credited as Nitza Shaul) is an Israeli actress known for her appearances on British television during the 1980s. In the 1970s Saul starred in several Israeli films, including '' Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona'' ("Halfon Hill Does Not Answer"), '' Hashoter Azulai'' ("Officer Azulai") and '' Hagiga B'Snuker'' ("Party at the Snooker Hall"). Saul became the first Israeli woman to pose for ''Playboy'' magazine in the May 1979 issue. After moving to London, she starred in the thriller mini-series '' Kessler'' and appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' serial " Warriors of the Deep". She also appeared in '' C.A.T.S. Eyes'', '' Star Cops'' and ''EastEnders''. She subsequently returned to Israel, where she resumed her acting career, appearing on television in soap operas A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The ...
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