April Fool (1989 film)
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| April Fool | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| אחד באפריל | |
| Directed by | Menachem Zilberman |
| Screenplay by | Menachem Zilberman |
| Produced by | Doron Eran |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Amnon Salomon |
| Edited by | Zion Avrahamian |
| Music by | Yitzhak Klepter |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes[1] |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
April Fool (Hebrew: אחד באפריל, romanized: Ehad B'April) is a 1989 Israeli children's slapstick comedy, written and directed by Menachem Zilberman, and starring Tzipi Shavit and Sefi Rivlin.
Among the children appearing in the film is Natasha Braunstein, who later launched a successful film career as Natasha Lyonne.
The film was narrated by actress Sarit Baruch Sari.
The film was made at a time when practical joke reality television and films were popular in Israel.[2] It was essentially a parody of the genre. Menachem Zilberman wrote and directed the film, which starred Sefi Rivlin and Tzipi Shavit, two of Israel's leading entertainers at the time, in the hope of creating a blockbuster, but the film proved to be a commercial failure.
Cast
[edit]| Actor | Character | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Tzipi Shavit | Tzipi | |
| Sefi Rivlin | Pitzi | |
| Naftali Alter | Grandfather | |
| Dean Zilberman | David | Boy |
| Shula Chen | David's Mother | |
| Natasha Braunstein | Natasha | Girl |
| Menachem Zilberman | Minister of Laughter | |
| Yigal Shilon | Minister of Diets | |
| Rolanda Chagrin | Health Minister | |
| Gani Tamir | Minister of Communications | |
| Yisrael Rabinovitz | Minister Without Portfolio | |
| Dani Segev | Defense Minister | |
| Sarit Baruch Sari | Narrator |
References
[edit]- ^ "April Fool". The Jerusalem Cinematheque's Israel Film Archive. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "April Fool". The Jerusalem Cinematheque's Israel Film Archive. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- Shavit, Avner (28 April 2020). "ההזיה הגדולה בתולדות הקולנוע הישראלי: בחזרה לסרט המטורף של ציפי שביט - וואלה תרבות (The Greatest Hallucination in the History of Israeli Cinema: Returning to Tzipi Shavit's Crazy Film )". Walla News (in Hebrew). Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- "April Fool". The Jerusalem Cinematheque's Israel Film Archive. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- April Fool at IMDb
- April Fool at Cinema of Israel
- April Fool at EDB
- חוויות מסרט הקאלט ״אחד באפריל״ (Memories From the Cult Film April Fool) (in Hebrew) on YouTube
- ספי ריבלין בצילומי הסרט, באתר יוטיוב
- יצחק קלפטר שר את שיר הנושא, באתר יוטיוב