Gila AlmagorFilmography

The Shelter

Actors: Yehezkel Lazarov, Gila Almagor, Stav Nagar

Synopsis: An Israeli father and his eleven year old son survive a massive missile attach on Israel by seeking refuge in an underground shelter, only to discover the next day that their lives have been irreparably changed. In the aftermath of the attack, the boy realizes that his father has been severely Read More

In Treatment

Actors: Assi Dayan

Synopsis: A psychiatrist wrestles with his own problems as well as those of his patients in this feature-film adaptation of the popular Israeli television series Be Tipul (aka In Treatment). Re'uven Dagan (Assi Dayan) is a shabby, middle-aged analyst who spends his days listening to the concerns and Read More

Three Mothers

Actors: Gila Almagor, Reimond Amsalem, Miri Mesika, Rivka Raz, Dana Ziblerstein

Synopsis: Director Dina Zvi-Riklis's multigenerational saga detailing the redemptive journey of three beautiful triplets was nominated for nine Israeli Academy Awards and offers an emotional exploration of memory, loyalty, betrayal, and self-sacrifice among family. Born to wealthy Jewish parents in Read More

Munich

Actors: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler

Synopsis: Much as Steven Spielberg followed 1993's special-effects blockbuster Jurassic Park with a far more downbeat and personal project later the same year, Schindler's List, in 2005 after tearing up the box office with War of the Worlds the director closed out the year with a powerful and thoughtful Read More

Dangerous Acts

Actors: Gila Almagor, Moshe Ivgi, Yuval Zamir

Synopsis: Winner of several awards in his own country, the Israeli director Shemi Zahrin weaves a psychological thriller with musical vignettes for dramatic relief in Mesukenet (Dangerous Acts), a film about loss of loved ones and revenge. Tzviya, a leading Israeli stage-star loses her husband, her only Read More

Leylasede

Synopsis: A middle-class Israeli family has a reunion for Passover and find themselves feasting on a smorgasbord of dysfunction as they try to cope with their innumerable problems in this drama. Yona and Michael are hosting the Passover festivities. It is a sadder than usual gathering because one of their Read More

Under the Domim Tree

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Kaipo Cohen, Juliano Mer, Gila Almagor

Synopsis: The trials and tribulations of four teenagers--some of whom were orphaned by the Holocaust--living on an Israeli kibbutz in 1953 provide the basis of this Israeli episodic drama. Each one deals with very different problems. Aviya attempts to find information about her deceased father; Yurek tries Read More

Practical Magic

Synopsis: A Jewish Moroccan immigrant family living in Israel is nearly destroyed by conflicts resulting from generational differences in this arresting Israeli drama. It begins as Cheli, a successful but emotionally troubled talk show host who has been unable to deal with her traumatic childhood is Read More

Life According to Agfa

Actors: Gila Almagor, Shuli Rand

Synopsis: In general, one could say that Tel Aviv is where worldly Israelis go to play, and Jerusalem is where religious ones go to pray. In this tragic drama, the characters are all denizens of Tel Aviv's nightlife, and the action centers around an all-night bar owned by two women with difficult romantic Read More

Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story

Actors: David Dukes, Marlo Thomas

Synopsis: Marlo Thomas stars as Lucille "Sis" Levin, whose husband Jerry (David Dukes) is an American TV journalist assigned to Beirut in 1984. Jerry is kidnapped by Muslim fundamentalists, a fact kept off the front pages by the State Department, ostensibly because the publicity could cost Jerry his life. Read More

Der Rosengarten

Actors: Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Peter Fonda, Jan Niklas, Katarina Lena Muller

Synopsis: The US/German co-production The Rose Garden is based on an actual court case. Cast against type, Maximillian Schell plays a shabby old man who, without warning, attacks well-to-do Kurt Hubner at the Frankfurt airport. Hubner presses charges, and it looks like an open-and-shut case. But Read More

The Summer of Avia

Crew: Book Author, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Gila Almagor, Kaipo Cohen, Eli Cohen, Avital Dicker, Rami Baruch

Synopsis: A young girl and her mother both carry the scars of their experiences during the holocaust in this drama from Israel. In 1951, Aviya (Kaipo Cohen) is a ten-year-old girl being raised by her single mother, Henya (Gila Almagor), in a small village in Israel. Henya is a survivor of a Nazi Read More

Every Time We Say Goodbye

Actors: Tom Hanks, Christina Marsillach, Benedict Taylor, Anat Atzmon, Gila Almagor

Synopsis: In this romantic drama set during World War II, David (Tom Hanks) is an American pilot serving with the Royal Air Force. While recovering from an injury in Jerusalem, David meets Sarah (Christina Marsillach), whose best friend is engaged to David's squadron leader. David and Sarah become fast Read More

The Spy Who Never Was

Ahava Rishona

Actors: Gila Almagor, Ori Levy, Yftach Katzur, Hanan Goldblatt

Synopsis: A well-off Israeli family is thrown into disarray when the normally ethical and predictable mother succumbs to a night of pleasure with a former love interest. Each member of the family comes up with their own views on how to handle this unfortunate situation, but the problem is only complicated Read More

Kvish Lelo Motza

Actors: Anat Atzmon, Yehoram Gaon, Gila Almagor, Gabi Amrani

Synopsis: Yaky Yosha's 1982 Israeli drama Kvish Lelo Motza (aka Dead End Street) observes the trials and travails of a young prostitute named Alice (Anat Atzmon) who is thrust into jail alongside her pimp and hustler boyfriend. In desperation, Alice devises a scheme to save both of them: she will take the Read More

Lo Leshidur

Actors: Gedalia Besser, Daphna Armoni, Irith Sheleg, Meir Suissa, Ami Traub

Synopsis: A radio producer at a military station (Gedalia Besser) is caught between an estranged wife, a pregnant girlfriend, and a teen-age daughter. He needs money badly, and in order to drum up some financial gain, he is trying to get the career of an indifferent singer (Arnon Zadok) off the ground and Read More

The Thin Line

Actors: Gila Almagor, Alex Peleg

Hide and Seek

Actors: Gila Almagor, Doron Tavori, Chaim Hadaya, Efrat Lavie

Synopsis: Engaging and controversial in its own way, this personal look at a little boy's life and times undoubtedly relies on director Dan Wolman's own experiences. The setting is just before Israel gained independence and 12-year-old Uri is not doing well in school. His parents have left him with Grandpa Read More

Operation Thunderbolt

Actors: Yehoram Gaon, Ori Levy, Arik Lavi, Klaus Kinski, Sybil Danning

Synopsis: This thrill-packed fact-based action-adventure from Israel chronicles the daring rescue of 104 passengers from a hijacked plane in Entebbe, Uganda, on July 4, 1976. The film is also known as Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Death of a Stranger

The Death Merchants

The House on Chelouche Street

Actors: Gila Almagor

Synopsis: While Egyptian-born director Moshe Mizrahi is best known for such popular European films as Madame Rosa (1977), I Sent a Letter to My Love (1981), and La Vie Continue (1981), he scored his first cinematic successes in his adopted homeland of Israel. Mizrahi was 15 years old when he emigrated to a Read More

Escape to the Sun

Actors: Josephine Chaplin

Synopsis: The ongoing plight of Russian Jewry serves as the backdrop for the Golan-Globus effort Escape to the Sun (Habricha el Hashemesh). Laurence Harvey is cast against type as Major Kirsanov, a nasty KGB officer who refuses to allow Soviet Jews Nina Kaplan (Josephine Chaplin, Charlie's daughter and Geraldine Read More

Highway Queen

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Gila Almagor

Synopsis: Margalit (Gila Almagor) is a prostitute with one child, and she wants another one. A man-hater, she doesn't want a husband, just another child. At this point she is an independent woman who works without a pimp and who "owns" a section of a road outside of Tel Aviv. There, she offers her services Read More

Sabra

Actors: Akim Tamiroff, Assaf Dayan, Jean Claudio, Gila Almagor

Synopsis: This French/Italian coproduction was originally released as Sabra. In his final film, veteran barnstormer Akim Tamiroff apparently sees no reason to resort to subtlety. Tamiroff plays an Arab police inspector, in charge of a secretive Israeli spy (Assaf Dayan). In order to extract the desired Read More

Matzor

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Gila Almagor, Yehoram Gaon

Synopsis: A widow struggles to buck tradition and tries to find a new life in this Israeli drama. Tamar lost her husband to the Six Day War, and now wants to put her pain in the past and find a new love. Unfortunately, her late husband's friends and family insist that she adhere to the old customs by Read More

Fortuna Girl from the Dead Sea

Ervinka

Actors: Topol, Gila Almagor, Shraga Friedman, Yossi Banai

Synopsis: Erbinka (Haym Topol) is an Israeli drifter who dreams of winning the national lottery in this offbeat comedy. When he fails to win the coveted prize, he robs the lottery office by posing as a director making a film. Erbinka even recruits the police to help him in his efforts, completely fooling Read More

Trunk to Cairo

Actors: Audie Murphy, George Sanders, Marianne Koch, Hans von Borsody, Joseph Yadin

Synopsis: In this espionage drama, a secret agent is slated to rendezvous with a German scientist in Cairo. There the agent gets involved with the scientist's daughter and discovers that her father is busy designing a moon rocket that can be used as a weapon. This leads the agent to break into the Read More

Af Mila Le Morgenstein

Actors: Gila Almagor

Synopsis: Too many cooks (directors and screenwriters) might have spoiled the broth in this uninspired musical comedy based on a stage play by Ephraim Eishon. The basic plot ingredients are three students who want to pass a crucial archaeology exam but are not so certain they have what it takes. To make Read More

El Dorado

Actors: Gila Almagor, Topol, Shimon Finkel, Ori Levy, Shai Ophir

Synopsis: When a man is framed for a crime he didn't commit, his socially intimidated lawyer is reluctant to take the case. The barrister finally agrees, but does nothing to help in his defense. Political pressure is exerted to find the man guilty, and the guilty man is blackmailed into really committing a Read More

Sallah

Actors: Topol, Gila Almagor, Arik Einstein, Geula Nuni, Shraga Friedman

Synopsis: Israeli stage and film favorite Topol tops the cast of Sallah. Topol plays a Jewish refugee who moves his family to Israel shortly after the official establishment of that "promised land." Unlike his hard-working new neighbors, Topol is shiftless and lazy, forever finding the easiest, most Read More