Ephraim Kishon

Ephraim Kishon, born Ferenc Hoffmann in Budapest in 1924, barred from university by the anti-Jewish laws, was interned in 1944 in a labour camp from which he escaped; accounts of his escape differ. He emigrated to Israel in 1949, learned Hebrew in two years and from 1952 wrote a satirical column in Maariv, almost daily for twenty years. He wrote and directed five feature films, two of which were nominated for the Oscar, enjoyed considerable success in Germany and Austria, settled partly in Switzerland in 1981 and died there in 2005.

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• CinemaThe Policemanהשוטר אזולאיEphraim Kishon · 1971Cinema