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MONEY
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Shot for just $2.0M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Two Kuni Lemel
1966 2h 1m HE
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Synopsis
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The town matchmaker searches for an honest match for Carolina, the daughter of a wealthy man. He finds it in the bumbling, stuttering Kuni Lemel, who has a remarkable resemblance to her lover, Max. Things go south when two Kuni Lemels arrive in town.
βSome stories are better left unspoiled.β
Cast
Mike Burstyn
Max / Kuni Leml
Raphael Klatchkin
Matchmacker
Germaine Unikovsky
Matchmaker's Daughter
Shmuel Rodensky
Rebbe Pinchas
Elisheva Michaeli
Rebbe Pinchas' Wife
Rina Ganor
Rebbe Pinchas's Daughter
Aharon Meskin
Kuni Leml's Father
Ari Kutai
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Israel Becker
- Writers
- Israel Becker, Alex Maimon, Abraham Goldfaden
- Languages
- Hebrew, Yiddish
- Countries
- Israel
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ERA
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60 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hebrew, Yiddish.
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ERA
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Part of the "ΧΧΧ¨Χ Χ‘Χ¨ΧΧ Χ§ΧΧ Χ ΧΧΧ" β so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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WORLD
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Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Israel Becker, shot by Romolo Garroni. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Moshe Sahar. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Nellie Gilad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Israel Becker directs. Romolo Garroni behind the camera. Moshe Sahar scores. Nellie Gilad cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Israel. Dialogue in Hebrew, Yiddish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $2.0M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 260 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hebrew, Yiddish.
- 4Part of the "ΧΧΧ¨Χ Χ‘Χ¨ΧΧ Χ§ΧΧ Χ ΧΧΧ" β so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 5Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 6Directed by Israel Becker, shot by Romolo Garroni. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 7Original score by Moshe Sahar. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 8Editor Nellie Gilad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 9Mike Burstyn and Raphael Klatchkin and Germaine Unikovsky carry the top of the cast.
- 10IMDB entry: tt0138101 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 11Only 4 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Romolo Garroni
- Original score
- Moshe Sahar
- Editing
- Nellie Gilad
- Production design
- Zvi Geyra
- Runtime
- 121 min Β· 2h 1m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $3,000,000
- Return
- 150% of budget
- Original language
- HE
Part of
ΧΧΧ¨Χ Χ‘Χ¨ΧΧ Χ§ΧΧ Χ ΧΧΧ
Collection of Kuni Lemel films
Key crew
- Production DesignZvi Geyra
- Original StoryAbraham Goldfaden
- EditorNellie Gilad
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical1966-02-05
Also known as
International titles
- Shnei Kuni LemelIL
- The Flying MatchmakerUS
