Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer

Original title: Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona

1976
1h 32m

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Gavri Banai, Shaike Levi, Yisrael Poliakov, Nitza Shaul, and Tuvia Tzafir in Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer (1976)

Sergio Konstanza, in debt to Mr. Hasson, flees to join an Army reserve unit led by a Sergeant interested in one of Hasson's daughters. However, Hasson demands his older daughter marries firs... Read allSergio Konstanza, in debt to Mr. Hasson, flees to join an Army reserve unit led by a Sergeant interested in one of Hasson's daughters. However, Hasson demands his older daughter marries first before allowing the younger one to wed.Sergio Konstanza, in debt to Mr. Hasson, flees to join an Army reserve unit led by a Sergeant interested in one of Hasson's daughters. However, Hasson demands his older daughter marries first before allowing the younger one to wed.

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Trivia
Voted in 2005 as the most popular Israeli movie of all time.

Goofs
When Victor, Gingi, and the rest are entering the camp, after Victor is released from captivity, the boom is visible at the bottom left corner of the screen.

Quotes
Colonel Bondi: Mr. Hasson, what do you do if the Egyptians come toward the outpost?
Mr. Hasson: What we did in '56.
[Victor Hasson refers to the Sinai Operation]
Colonel Bondi: What... what did you do in '56?
Mr. Hasson: What kind of question is that? What we did in '48. Nothing is better than that. Definitely.
[Victor Hasson refers to the Independence War]
Colonel Bondi: And what did you do in '48?
Mr. Hasson: [laughs] Thirty years ago... who can remember that?

Connections
Featured in Living, Period (1999)

Soundtracks
Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona
Lyrics by Assi Dayan
Music by Naftali Alter
Performed by HaGashash-HaHiver

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8/10

A good film, but...

The story of a dysfunctional Israeli reservists' unit in the Sinai prior to the 1980 peace deal with Egypt.

Gingi, the unit's sergeant and the only guy around with his head screwed on, sort to speak, desperately tries to keep everything going smoothly, when the regional Colonel is due for a visit.

The plot thickens, when one of the reservists under his command (Victor), ends up in the hands of an equally dysfunctional Egyptian border unit.

While the film is a funny, light-hearted watch, the humour, unfortunately, doesn't translate all that well, and unless you're a native Hebrew speaker, you will miss a few of the important points, that have made it such a cult film in Israel.

All in all, definitely worth a watch!