Ya'ackov Ben-Sira

Ya'ackov Ben-Sira

Born: March 20, 1927
Died: February 4, 2016
in Belgium

Movies for Ya'ackov Ben-Sira...

The Passport
Title: The Passport
Character: Bernstein - Inga's uncle
Released: June 6, 1990
Type: Movie
A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's family will never be allowed to leave the USSR. He therefore assumes his brother's identity to get to Israel hoping his distant uncle living there will help him out. The plan backfires, however, when he realizes that the uncle is a paranoid lunatic thinking the KGB is out to get him. He becomes stranded in Israel with no friends, no money, and no passport, trying to figure out a way to get back home.
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Lend Me Your Wife
Title: Lend Me Your Wife
Released: June 6, 1988
Type: Movie
A married couple - Sasson and Yona - decide to open a new page in their life by opening a little restaurant.
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Puss in Boots
Title: Puss in Boots
Character: Prime Minister
Released: June 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner. He begins to carry it out, using a few birds and rabbits as gifts for the king, his own wit, and a pair of boots that make him appear human when he puts them on. However, his owner has no idea that the cat has told everyone that his master is a marquis rather than a miller's son until the king has arrived to meet him. Soon the king's daughter and the miller's son fall in love, and the king wants very much to see the land and the castle belonging to this rich "marquis."
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Young Love
Title: Young Love
Character: Schnitzer sen.
Released: May 21, 1987
Type: Movie
Those Lemon Popsicle boys are at it again!..Naughtier than ever in...
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Operation Shtreimel
Title: Operation Shtreimel
Released: June 6, 1984
Type: Movie
This wacky comedy takes place in the weeks leading up to the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. With the Allies uncertain as to what the Germans have in store for them after the invasion, it's up to one Jewish paratrooper to sneak into Germany's top-secret army base and steal the plans!
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Sahara
Title: Sahara
Character: Major
Released: December 1, 1983
Type: Movie
After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik.
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Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith
Title: Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith
Character: The Shopkeeper
Released: December 9, 1979
Type: Movie
A religious drama about Christ's parents, the events leading up to his birth, and the effect on the lives of the well-known biblical figures of the time.
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Jesus
Title: Jesus
Character: Zacchaeus
Released: October 19, 1979
Type: Movie
Three and a half years of Jesus' ministry, as told in the Gospel of Luke.
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Theft from a Thief
Title: Theft from a Thief
Released: May 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A thief is released from prison and with the help of his friend he tries to avenge the policeman who caught him.
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Only Today
Title: Only Today
Released: June 6, 1976
Type: Movie
The vegetables seller from the market falls in love with the university student.
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Salomonico
Title: Salomonico
Released: June 6, 1972
Type: Movie
The story of Salomonico who works in the Tel Aviv Port and tries to defend his house and his life.
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Nurith
Title: Nurith
Released: June 6, 1972
Type: Movie
A romantic drama about Nurith - a young girl who tries to become a singer.
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Seven Times a Day
Title: Seven Times a Day
Character: (as Jacques Ben-Sira)
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A Quebec architect, working in Israel, visits a psychoanalyst to learn why he has an insatiable libido.
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The Jolly Cobbler
Title: The Jolly Cobbler
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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He Walked Through the Fields
Title: He Walked Through the Fields
Released: June 6, 1967
Type: Movie
Uri, the first son of a "kibbutz", comes home from 2 years of studying. He finds his father has joined the British army, and his mother is with another man. He meets Mika - a new immigrant from Poland - and quickly falls in love with her. He is then torn between his commitment to his home family and girl, and between the "Palmakh".
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Bandargah-e eshgh
Title: Bandargah-e eshgh
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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Sallah
Title: Sallah
Released: June 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of the big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.