''Every Bastard a King'' ( he, כל ממזר מלך,
translit. Kol Mamzer Melech) is a 1968 Israeli
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Uri Zohar
Uri Zohar ( he, אורי זוהר; 4 November 1935 – 2 June 2022) was an Israeli film director, actor and comedian who left the entertainment world to become an Orthodox rabbi.
Biography
Uri Zohar was born in Tel Aviv. His parents were Polis ...
.
The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
at the
41st Academy Awards
The 41st Academy Awards were presented on April 14, 1969, the first to be staged at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. For the first time since the 11th Academy Awards, there was no host.
''Oliver!'' is the only Best Picture winner ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
The story focuses on an American reporter who visits Israel with his girlfriend. While there, he becomes friendly with the Arabs and Israelis. Before long things change and he soon learns that war will break out. The film is set just before the
1967 Six Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 J ...
.
Cast
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Yehoram Gaon
Yehoram Gaon ( he, יהורם גאון, born December 28, 1939) is an Israeli singer, actor, director, comedian, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure. He has also written and edited books on Israeli culture.
The son of Sephardic Jewish ...
as Yoram
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Oded Kotler
Oded Kotler ( he, עודד קוטלר; born 5 May 1937) is an Israeli actor and theatre director. He is best known for his role in the film '' Three Days and a Child'' (1967), for which he received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor ...
as Raphi Cohen
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Pier Angeli as Eileen
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William Berger as Roy Hemmings
* Ori Levy as Foreign Office Official (as Uri Levy)
* Reuven Morgan as The Photographer
* Ariela Shavid as Anat
See also
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References
External links
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1968 films
Israeli drama films
1960s Hebrew-language films
1968 drama films
Films directed by Uri Zohar
Films set in the 1960s
Films about the Israel Defense Forces
Films scored by Michel Colombier