Movies by Assi Dayan
As part of the cast:
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Jellyfish (2007)
Cast: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Bruria Albek …
Directed by: Shira Geffen, Etgar Keret
The stories of three disparate women intersect at a Tel Aviv wedding. Newly single Batiya (Sarah Adler) works with the catering crew; Filipina Joy (Ma-nenita De Latorre) attends the event as…
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My Father My Lord (2007)
Cast: Assi Dayan, Ilan Griff, Sharon Hacohen-Bar …
Directed by: David Volach
When young Menahem (Ilan Griff) innocently questions his family's ultra-Orthodox faith, his father (Assi Dayan) falls back on the dogma he teaches as a respected rabbi, but his answers…
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Wild Dogs (2007)
Cast: Lior Ashkenazi, Ayelet Zurer, Neta Garty …
Directed by: Arnon Zadok
Uri (Lior Ashkenazi), an ex-soldier and successful lawyer living in Tel Aviv, has his world come crashing down when thugs brutally assault his social worker wife, Telma (Ayelet Zurer). With…
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Out of Sight (2006)
Cast: Assi Dayan, Tali Sharon, Sandra Sade …
Directed by: Daniel Syrkin
Ya'ara, a blind doctoral student at Princeton, rushes home to Israel after the suicide of her best friend and cousin, Talia. Despite resistance from her grieving family, Ya'ara…
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Comrade (2006)
Cast: Adam Hirsch, Assi Dayan, Tinkerbell …
Directed by: Eyal Shiray
After coming across letters from his estranged older sister Daliya (Tinkerbell), teenager Ilan (Adam Hirsch) runs away to search for her. Finding her in Haifa, he settles in with Daliya and…
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Campfire (2004)
Cast: Moshe Ivgy, Maya Maron, Assi Dayan …
Directed by: Joseph Cedar
After her husband passes away, 42-year-old Rachel Gerlik (Michaela Eshet) decides to get a fresh start and moves from Jerusalem to the West Bank with her two teenage daughters in this…
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Return from India: A Story of Forbidden Love (2002)
Cast: Aki Avni, Riki Gal, Assi Dayan …
Directed by: Menahem Golan
Young doctor Ben Rubin (Aki Avni) agrees to accompany his boss, hospital administrator Abraham Lazar (Assi Dayan), and his wife, Dori (Riki Gal), on an emergency trip to India to aid the…
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Time of Favor (2000)
Cast: Aki Avni, Tinkerbell, Idan Alterman …
Directed by: Joseph Cedar
Both a politcal-psychological drama and a love story between a passionate woman and two best friends, this profound film which won six Israeli Oscars, including Best Picture, raises important…
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Devarim (1995)
Cast: Amos Gitai, Assi Dayan, Riki Gal …
Directed by: Amos Gitai
This Israeli drama from renowned director Amos Gitai tells the story of three unhappy men living in Tel Aviv. Caesar (Assi Dayan) is upset by his separation from his wife but finds solace in…
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Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
Cast: Yehoram Gaon, Assi Dayan, Klaus Kinski …
Directed by: Menahem Golan
On June 27, 1976, a plane carrying more than 80 Jews was hijacked by extremists and diverted from Paris to Uganda's Entebbe Airport. In response, Israel sent a team of operatives on a…
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The Sell-Out (1976)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed, Gayle Hunnicutt …
Directed by: Peter Collinson
Retired CIA operative Sam Lucas (Richard Widmark) discovers that he's been involuntarily reactivated. He reluctantly returns to espionage at the urging of his protégé and…
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Promise at Dawn (1970)
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan, Didier Haudepin …
Directed by: Jules Dassin
Former Russian film star Nina (Melina Mercouri) abandons her career to care for her young son, Romain. On her own, the devoted mother forfeits her own happiness to ensure the boy grows to be…
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He Walked Through the Fields (1967)
Cast: Assi Dayan, Iris Yotvat, Hannah Aden …
Directed by: Yosef Millo
In 1946, young Uri (Assi Dayan) returns from college to his much-changed kibbutz, where he falls for a newly arrived Polish refugee named Mika (Iris Yotvat). But with Israeli statehood…
As a director:
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Electric Blanket (1994)
Cast: Shmil Ben Ari, Rivka Neuman, Yehuda Elboim …
Directed by: Assi Dayan
Assi Dayan directs this darkly comic sequel to Life According to Agfa, following three bit characters from that film: Malka (Rivka Neuman), a hooker with big dreams for a better life, her…
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Life According to Agfa (1992)
Cast: Gila Almagor, Irit Frank, Shuli Rand …
Directed by: Assi Dayan
At a small Tel Aviv bar-cafe, owners Liora (Irit Frank) and Daliah (Gila Almagor) serve soldiers, drug dealers, a singer and others -- and everyone gets a taste of betrayal, romance or…
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King for a Day (1982)
Cast: Gabi Amrani, Caroline Langford, Hanan Goldblatt …
Directed by: Assi Dayan
When the daughter he left behind in America shows up at his hotel looking for the rich father who's been sending her money all these years, an Israeli hotel porter (Gabi Amrani) has his…
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The Hit (1979)
Cast: HaGashash, Ofra Haza, Efraim Shamir …
Directed by: Assi Dayan
This rollicking, romantic musical comedy features the winning performance and wonderful songs of internationally acclaimed pop superstar Ofra Haza. A dance teacher turned matchmaker who…
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Hill "Halfon" Doesn't Answer (1975)
Cast: Gavri Banai, Shaike Levi, Yisrael Poliakov …
Directed by: Assi Dayan
This comedy about three reservists in the Israeli army depicts military life as we've never seen it, as a routine mission turns into a wacky adventure! On his way to propose to his…