Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona (1976)

Original title

גבעת חלפון אינה עונה

Directed by

Assi Dayan

Genre

comedy film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Israeli comedy is a satire of army life. A reserve unit is assigned to guard the Egyptian border in the Sinai. The soldiers deal with boredom, mishaps, and their own quirks.

lightheartedcomedicsatiricalnostalgicbreezyaffectionatewhimsicalgentle

What happens

Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona (Hebrew: גבעת חלפון אינה עונה, lit. 'Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer'), also titled Giv'at Halfon, is a cult Israeli comedy film released on September 27, 1976. It is a good-hearted satire of the Israel Defense Forces, which tells the story of a reserve company guarding the Egyptian border at the Sinai Peninsula. While initially received negatively by critics, it has since become one of the influential Israeli films. The name of the film is a parody of the name of the Israeli patriotic film Giv'a 24 Eina Ona (Hill 24 Doesn't Answer). The film was directed and co-written by Assi Dayan and stars members of HaGashash HaHiver: Shaike Levi, Yisrael Poliakov, and Gavri Banai. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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