Avner Hizkiyahu
Acting
Biography
Avner Hizkiyahu (Hebrew: אבנר חזקיהו; 22 November 1926 – 28 April 1994) was an Israeli actor and singer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Avner Hizkiyahu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: November 22, 1926
Place of Birth: Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Known For
Impossible on Saturday
Robert Hirsch impresses as he takes on 11 different roles in Alex Joffé's comedy about the six sons of a recently deceased Jewish Casanova. To receive their inheritance, the sons must convene in Israel and recite a Kaddish (memorial prayer) for their dad. But planning the gathering is no easy feat. The film's title is based on the nonobservant son's futile attempts to contact his siblings on the one day when working is forbidden by Jewish law.
What a Gang
Directed by Zeev Havatzelet.
The Big Dig
A slapstick comedy lampooning bureaucracy and the madness of everyday life in Israel centers on an escaped lunatic who digs up the streets of Tel-Aviv with a drill
Ervinka
A good-natured but incorrigible layabout becomes embroiled in a plot to rob the Israeli lottery, all the while indulging in his boundless zeal for mischief and romance.
The House on Chelouche Street
A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the politically unstable country.
A Thin Line
Explores the relationship between an eleven-year-old daughter and her ailing mother, who is losing a grasp of reality in the surrounding environment of insensitivity and cruelty.
Crazy Weekend
Noga is mistakenly told she doesn't have long to live, and decides to commit suicide from a high floor of a hotel. She is not aware of the fact that she is being followed by a private investigator, hired by Noga's mother to track her dead husband's fortune. At the hotel we meet a number of characters, each has a story or secret to result in humorous situations and wrong identifications.
Fortuna
A film about the clash between the patriarchal values of Jewish immigrants from North Africa and modern life.
Every Time We Say Goodbye
A Protestant World War II pilot and a Jewish girl fall in love in Jerusalem, even though their diverse backgrounds threaten to pull them apart.
Daughters, Daughters
In this Israeli comedy, a father is afraid that after having sired eight daughters, that he will never produce a son.
Filmography
as Professor Hildesheimer
as Raphael
as Dr. Greber
as Isaac
as Casarola
as Halfon
as Rabbi
as Menahem Ze'ev Zuckerman
as Father
as Inspector Joseph Klein
as Mr Meyer