Nadav Levitan (; 21 April 1945 – 9 January 2010) was an Israeli

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, writer, and

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. He directed nine films between 1981 and 1999. His film ''

Stalin's Disciples ''Stalin's Disciples'' (, in Hebrew Stalin's Children) is a 1986 Israeli film directed by Nadav Levitan that satirizes the utopian ideology of the Israeli kibbutz. The death of Joseph Stalin in the 1950s leads to an ideological crisis on a kibb ...

'' (in Hebrew ''Stalin's Children'', ילדי סטאלין), was screened in the

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section at the

1988 Cannes Film Festival The 41st Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1988. Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola served as jury president for the main competition. Danish filmmaker Bille August won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for his drama film ...

. He was married to Israeli musician

Chava Alberstein Chava Alberstein ( , born 8 December 1946 in Poland) is an Israeli musician, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger. She moved to Israel in 1950 and started her music career in 1964. Alberstein has released over sixty albums in Hebrew, Englis ...

, who recorded many of his songs. Levitan died on 10 January 2010 of an undisclosed lung ailment.

Filmography

* '' An Intimate Story'' (1981) * '' Ha-Kala'' (1985) * '' Banot'' (1985) * ''

'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1993) * '' Too Early to Be Quiet, Too Late to Sing'' (1995) * '' No Names on the Doors'' (1997) * ''

Aviv Aviv () means "spring (season)" in Hebrew language, Hebrew. Aviv is the first month of the year in the Pentateuch, and is later called Nisan in the book of Esther and in subsequent post-exilic history up to the present day. These names are sometim ...

'' (1998) * '' Frank Sinatra Is Dead'' (1999)

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* 1945 births 2010 deaths Israeli film directors Israeli male screenwriters Respiratory disease deaths in Israel Deaths from lung disease {{Israel-film-director-stub