Dalia And The Sailors (Hebrew: דליה והמלחים) is an Israeli comedy film directed by Menahem Golan and produced by Mordecai Navon.[2] It was Menachem Golan's second film.[3]

Dalia and the Sailors
Directed byMenahem Golan
Written by
Produced byModechai Navon
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byNellie Gilad
Music by
Production
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Release date
  • 13 August 1964 (1964-08-13)[1]
Running time
106 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguagesHebrew, French

Plot

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Dalia (Véronique Vendell) immigrated with her parents as a child from Israel to Canada. As a young woman, she misses Israel and wants to return. She sneaks on board a freighter sailing from to Israel but is soon discovered by the crew who try to hide her from the captain (Shraga Friedman) and the other officers.[2][3]

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Reception

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Dalia and the Sailors sold 599,000 tickets, making it the 28th most popular Israeli film in Israeli film history.[5] This is the first Israeli movie ever to feature nudity, although partial and by a foreign actress (Veronique Vendell). Her brief nude scene contributed much to the movie's popularity when it was first released.[6]

Soundtrack

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The music for the movie was composed by Itzhak Graziani. Neomi Shemer composed two songs for the films, the title song "Na'arat HaSipun" (The Deck Girl; Hebrew: נערת הסיפון) and "Layla BeHof Achziv" (Night at Achziv Beach; Hebrew: לילה בחוף אכזיב) which was performed by Yarkon Bridge Trio and later released on the trio's debut album.

A four-song Extended play was issued for the film.[7] The EP didn't contain two more songs that were performed in the movie, "Layla BeHof Achziv" and "Ktovet Ka'aka" (Tattoo; Hebrew: כתובת קעקע) by Theatre Club Quartet (with Hanan Goldblatt replacing original member Shimon Bar), which was previously released by the quartet in 1958.[8]

Track listing

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Side A

  1. "Na'arat HaSipun" (The Deck Girl; Hebrew: נערת הסיפון) – Band (2:30)
  2. "Charleston" (Hebrew: צ'רלסטון) – Itzhak Graziani (3:00)

Side B

  1. "Shake" (Hebrew: שייק) – Yarkon Bridge Trio (2:15)
  2. "Twist" (Hebrew: טוויסט) – Don Julio (2:30)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ בכורת 'דליה והמלחים' Kol HaAm, 14 August 1964(in Hebrew)
  2. ^ a b Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 50.
  3. ^ a b Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. P. 64.
  4. ^ רסן יש, סוס אין. Ze'ev Rav-Nof, 21 August 1964, Davar (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ Doron Fishler, "The 100 most popular Israeli films ever", Fisheye, September 25, 2016
  6. ^ Dalia and the Sailors at IMDb
  7. ^ דליה והמלחים, פסקול הסרט (1964)) Stereo VeMono (in Hebrew)
  8. ^ שיר עד – כתובת קעקע – חיים חפר / ויטוריו מסקרוני / בביצוע רביעית מועד התיאטרון – Ktovet Qa'aqa on YouTube
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