Sallah Shabati [SEP] country of origin
short stories which were revised for the film, the character was known as Saadia Shabtai.
Plot.
The film begins with Sallah Shabati, a Mizrahi Jewish immigrant, arriving in Israel with his family. Upon arrival he is brought to live in a "ma'abara", or transit camp. He is given a broken-down, one-room shack in which to live with his family and spends the rest of the movie attempting to make enough money to purchase adequate housing. His money-making schemes are often
Levi as Shimon Shabati, Sallah's son
- Nathan Meisler as Mr. Goldstein, Sallah's neighbor and backgammon pal
- Esther Greenberg as Sallah's wife
- Mordecai Arnon as Mordecai
Themes.
"Sallah Shabati"'s irreverent and mocking depiction of core Zionist institutions like the kibbutz provoked strong reactions among many filmgoers and critics. "The kibbutzniks in the film resemble bureaucrats and are clearly divided into veterans with managing roles and 'simple' workers, a division which contradicts the myth of Socialist solidarity and collectivist idealism