Themes: Culture Clash, Inheritance at Stake, Wedding Bells
Main Cast: Ze'ev Berlinsky, Tuvia Tishler, Zvi Lahat, Itamar Gurevich
Release Year: 1977
Country: IL
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
Kuni Lemel is the legendary "schlemiel" hero of Jewish shtetl fables. In this film, we meet the octogenarian Kuni in present-day Brooklyn. Our hero wants his grandsons to marry Jewish girls and return to Israel. To make certain that they'll acquiesce, he offers the boys a million dollars each. Will they be able to collect without sacrificing their own plans? The supporting cast includes Mandy Rice-Davies, whose 15 minutes of fame came about through her involvement in the British Profumo sex scandal of 1963. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Ze'ev Berlinsky - Reb Shimshon
Tuvia Tishler - One of the Rabbi's Boys
Zvi Lahat - One of the Rabbi's Boys
Itamar Gurevich - One of the Rabbi's Boys
Shlomo Rozmarin - the Rabbi's Boys; Daliah Gur - Dvoirale; Ronit Port - Malca; Mike Burstyn - Kuny Muni Grandpa Kuni Lem; Mandy Rice-Davies - Marilyn Jones
Credit
Joel Silberg - Director, Mike Burstyn - Composer (Music Score), Dov Seltzer - Composer (Music Score), Amos Ettinger - Composer (Music Score), Mike Burstyn - Songwriter, Amos Ettinger - Songwriter, Nissim Leon - Cinematographer, Israel Ringel - Producer, Yair Pradelsky - Producer, Joel Silberg - Screenwriter
