Sharon Alexander
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tiv'on, Israel [now Kiryat Tiv'on]
Birthday: May 21, 1962
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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One of Us
Overview: A few Palestinian guerilla's break into an Israeli camp in the occupied territories. They kill a few Israeli soldiers before they are killed, apart from one who dies in the camp after being captured alive. The Israeli military dispatch an investigator to the camp to see if there was cold blooded murder (people at the camp had claimed he was shot while trying to escape). It turns out that the investigator dispatched is a friend of the camp commander - the rest of the plot is basically about the position of both of these characters as regards being honest or faithful to ones friends. There is unbearable tension, increased by the fact that they are both very strongly attracted to one of the female soldiers on the camp.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Homeport
Overview: A ship engineer returns home after years at sea and tries to rebuild his life. The working-class hero tries to defend the world he has built for himself and his men. Motivated men and determined women fill the city and the port of Ashdod. "Home Port," a sun-drenched social drama that is based on the desire to build a life for yourself even on unstable ground.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2016-10-18
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Victory
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Genres: Drama Romance History Music
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2024-02-08
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Life According To Agfa
Overview: The film takes place in Tel Aviv, much of it in a fictitious local pub called Barbie, a satirical nickname for a famous Israeli mental health institution. The pub's name hints at the characters and the events which occur in the pub and which befall its owner (Daliah), the employees and customers. The plot unfolds with a streak of violence which takes a surprising turn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1992-07-09
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Cup Final
Overview: An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in Lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup, he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Day We Met
Overview: After being called for his mandatory yearly Israeli army reserve duty, Arik Schwartzman finds himself looking for a uniform wearing serial rapist. He is aided by Natalie, a young female soldier who looks for her lost father.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1990-06-06
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Temptation
Overview: Daphne's life is peaceful. She has solid marriage with a successful lawyer, two charming children and a nice local bookshop. Recently her father passed away and left her a good deal of money, but besides that it's the same old routine. This routine is about to abruptly change when Daphne befriends with Ami...
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2002-10-10
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Growing Pains
Overview: A coming-of-age story combined with a love interest between a boy and girl from different social stratum told during the years of teenage turmoil after high school the barriers of upbringing and taboos disintegrate. Each finds true love just before the party breaks up and will eventually learn to resolve the inner conflicts of values, proportion, and priorities.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1979-12-20
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Amazing Grace
Overview: A drama about two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as a musician in New York: Thomas is ill, detached, in search of hard drugs. Jonathan tries to connect with him. Meanwhile, Thomas's grandmother, facing old age, has become bitter, particularly toward her hard-working daughter. They worry about Thomas. A few blocks away, Jonathan's mother, brother and sister maintain their sometimes bickering relationships, watching Jonathan brave adulthood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1992-09-09
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June Zero
Overview: Israel, 1961. Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, responsible for organizing the extermination of European Jews, is sentenced to death.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2022-05-02
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Deep Red
Overview: Gur and Yuval will stop at nothing to make enough money for a fresh start in Berlin. As they approach their goal, the tension is growing between them until an unexpected event causes Gur to question both their plan and their relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2009-06-25
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White Night
Overview: Directed by Arnon Zadok.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-02
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The Road to Where
Overview: Israel 1948. A house by the sea in Jaffa, from which Palestinian families have had to flee in haste, becomes the home of Jewish survivors who managed to escape the inferno in Europe. Out of the turmoil of their existence, under the shadow of the unresolved conflict between Jews and Arabs, rises a desperate cry for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-02
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Miral
Overview: A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-15
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Weekend in the Galilee
Overview: Autumn 1996. Avner, a highly-regarded Professor of Arts and his young wife, Ilana, come to visit the family farm run by Rachel and Shouki, (his children from a first marriage) and Menahem (the brother of his deceased first wife). Avner is in pain and needs a doctor. Rachel calls up Joel a physician and a friend of the family. Joel and Ilana are having a secret relationship that began during a previous visit to the farm. Menahem is in love with Ilana and Rachel with Joel. They are unaware of the love affair between Ilana and Joel. Avner came this time to the farm with a proposition to sell the farm. This brings all the latent conflicts in the family to break loose. The movie, inspired by Tchekovs "Oncle Vania", is above all an Israeli story. It depicts the weariness, the frustrations and pain of large segments of Israeli society, their love to the land and to one another, their dreams and their hope.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-29
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Tel Aviv Stories
Overview: Three stories about three women: one is trying to find the right guy; one is trying to get a divorce from her runaway husband so she takes hostages; one turns Tel Aviv upside down in order to save a kitten trapped in a storm drain.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1992-01-02
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Urban Feel
Overview: An estranged couple receives an unexpected visitor who throws everything in their family off balance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1999-02-14
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Amos Guttman: Filmmaker
Overview: From 1977 to his untimely death in 1993, Amos Guttman directed six films, all of them deeply personal reflections of his own life. Interviews with lovers, family and friends--including some of the most important people in Israeli cinema--tell the gripping story of a strikingly handsome, charismatic and deeply passionate gay man who has become a revered cult figure in Israeli cinema.Interviews with the late filmmaker and fascinating footage of him on the set convey the same passion that comes through in scenes from his films, lovingly selected by documentarian Ran Kotzer. Like Fellini, Guttman transformed his dreams and everyday conversations with friends and family into integral parts of his pictures. He is most remarkable for his striking and original use of the frame. Every shot is a treasure. Amos Guttman dared to portray subjects that were taboo in his society, and his search for the right of individual expression is the connecting link of his works.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Munich
Overview: During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
Genres: Drama Action History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-23
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Baumschlager
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-09-22
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One Week and a Day
Overview: When Eyal finishes the week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their routine but instead he gets high with a young neighbor and sets out to discover that there are still things in his life worth living for.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: he
Release Date: 2016-12-14
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Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon
Overview: In the midst of a war between Venice and Genoa, Marco Polo, a citizen of Venice, is imprisoned by the inquisition and is charged with heresy.
Genres: Adventure War History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-02
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A Five Minute Walk
Overview: Tel Aviv cop Amir Samo (Sharon Alexander) was on the brink of nabbing a notorious pimp and drug dealer when the scumbag framed him for harassment and got him suspended. Derided by the press and the criminal underworld, Samo seeks solace in the local pub. There, he encounters Michal (Tal Kahana), a despondent barmaid saddled with a wannabe film director boyfriend (Adam Horowitz). Alon Abutbul and Noa Tishby co-star.
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Original Language: he
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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