''Charlie Ve'hetzi'' (a.k.a. - ''Charlie and a Half'';

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

צ'ארלי וחצי) is a 1974

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

. The movie was directed by

Boaz Davidson Boaz Davidson ( he, בועז דוידזון, ; born 8 November 1943) is an Israeli film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and studied film in London at London Film School. Biography Davidson was ...

and stars Israeli comedians Yehuda Barkan and

Ze'ev Revach Ze'ev Nachum Revach ( he, זאב רווח; born 15 August 1940) is an Israeli comedian, film and theatre actor, and filmmaker. He has been one of the stars of the Israeli film genre known as Bourekas films. Israeli newspaper ''Haaretz'' describe ...

Plot

Charlie gets by through fleecing suckers with a

three-card Monte Three-card Monte – also known as Find the Lady and Three-card Trick – is a confidence game in which the victims, or "marks", are tricked into betting a sum of money, on the assumption that they can find the "money card" among three face-dow ...

. He passes himself off as a rich businessman. Miko is a street kid who spends his time with Charlie instead of going to school. His sister tries to raise him on her own, unsuccessfully. The plot follows Charlie's attempt to conquer the heart of Gila, a rich girl whose parents try to matchmake her to an American millionaire somewhat against her will.

Cast

* Yehuda Barkan – Charlie Ben Chanania *

– Sasson *

Arieh Elias Arieh Elias ( he, אריה אליאס. 1 April 1921 – 7 May 2015) was an Israeli actor. Biography Arieh Elias was born in Baghdad. In 1941, he was the first Jew to be accepted to the drama faculty of Baghdad's Academy of Fine Arts. Elias ...

– Zaki Ben Chanania * – Flora Ben Chanania * Haya Katzir – Gila Zohar *

Geula Nuni Geula Nuni ( he, גאולה נוני; June 9, 1942 – November 10, 2014) was an Israeli actress and singer. Biography Nuni was born in Ramat Gan in a family of three daughters to a Yemeni-Jewish father and an Austrian-Jewish mother. She made her ...

– Lili * Elisheva Michaeli – Mrs. Zohar * Natan Cogan – Chaim Zohar *

Tuvia Tzafir Tuvia Tzafir ( he, טוביה צפיר; born December 31, 1945) is an Israeli actor, comedian, television presenter, singer and entertainer. Biography Tzafir was born in Tel Aviv as Tuvia Kozlowski. He grew up in a traditionalist home of J ...

– Robert * Moshe Ish-Kassit – Gedalia *

Reuven Shefer Reuven Shefer ( he, ראובן שפר; June 7, 1925 – March 22, 2011) was an Israeli theater and film actor. Biography Shefer was born in Tel Aviv. In 1957 Shefer joined the band "The Theatre Club Quartet" (רביעיית מועדון התיא� ...

– Car Salesman * Tikva Aziz – Mazal * Aryeh Moskuna – Neighbor * Mordecai Ben-Ze'ev – Erlich * Nurit Cohen – Yafa * David Shushan – Miko

External links

"Charlie Ve'hetzi" - The full film is available on VOD
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the website for the Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque
* 1974 films 1970s Hebrew-language films Films directed by Boaz Davidson Israeli comedy films 1974 comedy films {{Israel-film-stub

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