A Thousand and One Wives (1989)
1h 30m
Running Time
February 14, 1989Release Date
A Thousand and One Wives (1989)
1h 30m
Running Time
February 14, 1989Release Date
Plot.
The Bukharan neighborhood of Jerusalem in the 1920s Naftali is a wealthy trader and a middle-aged widow whose all his former wives have mysteriously passed away and he is afraid to remarry with a belief that he has a curse on him. The matchmaker presses and the old woman coaxes and finally carries Flora, a 24-year-old virgin, but not to infect her with a curse, he avoids any physical contact with her. The plot gets complicated when Flora gets hurt as a result of her relationship with the fabric merchant, and Naftali, who can't bear the shame, turns his anger on his young wife.
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Cast & Crew.
Yossi Pollak
Naftali
Rita Yahan-Farouz
Flora
Nissim Azikri
The Wise
Rivka Bahar
Masuda
Salim Daw
Matchmaker
Michal Bat-Adam
Director
Dan Benaya-Serri
Writer
Jonathan Cherchi
Cutter
Effi Atad
Producer
Nava Ziv
Zulicha
Alon Oleartchik
Composer
Yoav Kosh
Cinematographer
Yosef Grunfeld
Editor
David Baruch
Doctor
Tsipora Tsabari
Naftali's Mother
Rona Doron
Costume Design
Levia Hon
Casting
Yoram Kislev
First Assistant Director
Yoni Hamenachem
Still Photographer
Yoram Shayer
Art Direction
Miguel Markin
Set Dresser
Gidon Gadi
Production Manager
Rami Siman-Tov
First Assistant Camera
Yehuda Sar-Israel
Second Assistant Camera
Hilik Gurfinkel
Assistant Editor
Efi Ajami
Key Grip
Mikey Inbari
Gaffer
Mary Helen
Makeup Artist
Maskit Korem
Assistant Makeup Artist
Shemi Sheinfeld
Location Manager
Tzvika Zelinger
Second Assistant Director
Mimi Halberstam
Assistant Set Dresser
Alon Meir
Set Dresser
Arie Weiss
Property Master
Haim Ayalon
Assistant Sound Engineer
Orit Marmeri
Sound
David Ozechov
Sound Mixer
Eli Taragan
Sound Recordist
Sinai Abat
Lighting Technician
Ofer Frant
First Assistant Camera
Rami Levi
Lighting Technician
Liza Avivi
Extras Casting
Tal Amir
Wardrobe Assistant
Zohar Lahav
Assistant Editor
Levana Finkelstein
Varda Ben Hur
Etti Grotes
Tikva Aziz
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 14, 1989
Original Nameאלף נשותיו של נפתלי סימן טוב
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
Wiki.
A Thousand and One Wives (Hebrew: אלף נשותיו של נפתלי סימן טוב, tr. Elef Neshotav Shel Naftali Siman-Tov, literally "Naftali Siman-Tov's Thousand Wives") is a 1989 Israeli independent underground dramatic-historical art film directed by Michal Bat-Adam.