| Dalia and the Sailors | |
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| Directed by | Menahem Golan |
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| Produced by | Modechai Navon |
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| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Nellie Gilad |
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Release date | 13 August 1964[1] |
Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Languages | Hebrew, French |
Dalia And The Sailors (Hebrew: דליה והמלחים) is an Israeli comedy film directed by Menahem Golan and produced by Mordecai Navon.[2] It was Menachem Golan's second film.[3]
Plot
Dalia (Véronique Vendell) immigrated with her parents as a child from Israel to Canada. As a young woman, she misses Israel and wants to return. She sneaks on board a freighter sailing from to Israel but is soon discovered by the crew who try to hide her from the captain (Shraga Friedman) and the other officers.[2][3]
Cast
- Véronique Vendell as Dalia Dekelman
- Shraga Friedman as Captain Avraham Rappaport
- Arik Einstein as Hillel "Gurnischt" Goren
- Oded Teomi as Ron
- Gideon Singer as Lieutenant
- Ya'akov Ben-Sira as Chief
- Ori Levy as bos'n, the boatswain
- Shaike Ophir as Jacko, the helmsman
- Hanan Goldblatt as Stanislav Kuchinski, a sailor
- Mordechai Arnon as Toto, a sailor
- Shlomo Vishinski as Srulik, a sailor
- Benny Amdurski as a sailor
- Yehoram Gaon as a sailor
- Israel Gurion as Shmulik, the radio operator
- Reuven Shefer as Fuchs
- Bomba Tzur as Berman, the cook
- Mordechai Ben-Ze'ev as Chiney Chang, the cook's assistant
- Menachem Golan as Italian policeman Vittorio De Sica (uncredited)[4]
Reception
Dalia and the Sailors sold 599,000 tickets, making it the 28th most popular Israeli film in Israeli film history.[5] This is the first Israeli movie ever to feature nudity, although partial and by a foreign actress (Veronique Vendell). Her brief nude scene contributed much to the movie's popularity when it was first released.[6]
Soundtrack
The music for the movie was composed by Itzhak Graziani. Neomi Shemer composed two songs for the films, the title song "Na'arat HaSipun" (The Deck Girl; Hebrew: נערת הסיפון) and "Layla BeHof Achziv" (Night at Achziv Beach; Hebrew: לילה בחוף אכזיב) which was performed by Yarkon Bridge Trio and later released on the trio's debut album.
A four-song Extended play was issued for the film.[7] The EP didn't contain two more songs that were performed in the movie, "Layla BeHof Achziv" and "Ktovet Ka'aka" (Tattoo; Hebrew: כתובת קעקע) by Theatre Club Quartet (with Hanan Goldblatt replacing original member Shimon Bar), which was previously released by the quartet in 1958.[8]
Track listing
Side A
- "Na'arat HaSipun" (The Deck Girl; Hebrew: נערת הסיפון) – Band (2:30)
- "Charleston" (Hebrew: צ'רלסטון) – Itzhak Graziani (3:00)
Side B
- "Shake" (Hebrew: שייק) – Yarkon Bridge Trio (2:15)
- "Twist" (Hebrew: טוויסט) – Don Julio (2:30)
See also
References
- ↑ בכורת 'דליה והמלחים' Kol HaAm, 14 August 1964(in Hebrew)
- 1 2 Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 50.
- 1 2 Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. P. 64.
- ↑ רסן יש, סוס אין. Ze'ev Rav-Nof, 21 August 1964, Davar (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Doron Fishler, "The 100 most popular Israeli films ever", Fisheye, September 25, 2016
- ↑ Dalia and the Sailors at IMDb
- ↑ דליה והמלחים, פסקול הסרט (1964)) Stereo VeMono (in Hebrew)
- ↑ שיר עד – כתובת קעקע – חיים חפר / ויטוריו מסקרוני / בביצוע רביעית מועד התיאטרון – Ktovet Qa'aqa on YouTube
External links
- Dalia And The Sailors in IMDb
- Dalia And The Sailors in Book of Israeli Cinema site