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Aliza Mizrahi (1967)

Aliza Mizrahi poster
Original title
999... עליזה מזרחי
Directed by
Menahem Golan
Genre
comedy film
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A cleaning woman in Tel Aviv stumbles into detective work when a string of murders happen in her office building. She uses her wits to investigate the crimes.

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What happens

Aliza Mizrahi (Hebrew: 999... עליזה מזרחי) is a 1967 Israeli detective comedy film written, produced and directed by Menahem Golan. The film belongs to the Bourekas film genre, a genre of Israeli comic melodrama films popular in the 1960s and 1970. It is an adaptation of Golan's 1952 play, which was first produced by his Shdera Company. It tells the story of a cleaning woman, Aliza Mizrahi in a Tel Aviv office. Mizrahi becomes an amateur detective amid a series of mysterious murders. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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