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Shalom, Prayer for the Road
Shalom, Prayer for the Road (1973)
, 1h20
Directed by Yaky Yosha
Origin Israel
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yaky Yosha

Shalom, a young Israeli at the outset of his life, was born into a bourgeois family in Tel-Aviv. His parents wish he would go to college, but Shalom doesn't feel like studying. His father isn't quite convinced his beloved son is doing the best he can when not doing anything at all.
Charlie And A Half
Charlie And A Half (1974)
, 1h36
Directed by Boaz Davidson
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yehuda Barkan, Ze'ev Revach, Tuvia Tzafir, Reuven Shefer

Charlie gets by through fleecing suckers with a three-card Monte. He passes himself off as a rich businessman. Miko is a street kid who spends his time with Charlie instead of going to school. His sister tries to raise him on her own, unsuccessfully.
The Yellow Ticket
The Yellow Ticket (1918)
, 58minutes
Directed by Paul L. Stein, Victor Janson
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about Jews and Judaism, Erotic thriller films
Actors Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, Victor Janson, Adolf E. Licho, Margarete Kupfer

Pola Negri plays Lea, a bright adolescent girl who lives in the Jewish ghetto of Warsaw with her ill father. She loves to read, and intends to study medicine at a university in St. Petersburg in the hopes of making her father well again. Her father dies suddenly and her tutor, Ossip Storki, is called away to work for the governor. When she goes to Russia, she learns that Jewish women are only allowed to work as sex workers with the benefit of a "yellow passport", otherwise they will be taken to prison. She applies for a yellow passport and takes up residency at a brothel. Upon finding the identification papers of her tutor's deceased sister Sophie in a book her tutor gave her, Lea applies to the University with the deceased sister's identification papers and is accepted. So begins an unhappy life of studying by day and receiving scholastic honors, while reluctantly working as a party girl at night. Her fellow students, including a boy named Dimitri who is in love with her, then find her out. Dimitri in particular is crushed to learn of Lea's double life. Lea realizes that this will be the end of her scholastic career, and attempts suicide.
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920)
, 1h31
Directed by Carl Boese, Paul Wegener
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, Golem
Actors Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch, Otto Gebühr, Greta Schröder, Loni Nest

Set in Jewish ghetto of medieval Prague, the film begins with Rabbi Loew, the head of the city's Jewish community, reading the stars. Loew predicts disaster for his people and brings his assistant to inform the elders of the community. The next day the Holy Roman Emperor signs a royal decree declaring that the Jews must leave the city before the new moon. The Emperor sends the knight Florian to deliver the decree. Loew meanwhile begins to devise a way of defending the Jews.
Hungry Hearts
Hungry Hearts (1922)

Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Helen Ferguson, E. Alyn Warren, Bryant Washburn, George Siegmann, Otto Lederer, Bert Sprotte

As described in a film publication, the Levin family escapes from Europe and finds refuge in New York City, where everyone in the family must work. Sara (Ferguson) finds janitor work and meets David (Washburn), nephew of their landlord Rosenblatt (George Siegmann). David falls in love with Sara and teaches her to read and write. He looks forward to when he can open a law office, be free of his uncle, and marry the girl. The uncle intervenes and parts the lovers, and then raises the rent of the Levin family without mercy. The stress causes Sara's mother to become temporarily insane and damage the walls of the apartment, and Rosenblatt takes them to court. Young lawyer David defends the family against his uncle, and the lovers are reunited while the family moves to the suburbs.
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
, 1h37
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin Austria
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Disaster films
Actors Lucy Doraine, Walter Slezak, Victor Varconi, Béla Balázs, Willi Forst, Paula Wessely

À Londres, l'homme d'affaires et spéculateur Jackson Harber provoque une panique boursière. Dans le même temps, il "achète" la jeune Mary Conway à sa mère car il veut la "posséder". Mary, très futile, accepte ce "marché". Les "fiançailles" sont organisées au château d'Harber, donnant lieu à une fête grandiose, pleine de débordements et de débauche. Le fils du spéculateur, Eduard, arrive alors, accompagné de son précepteur, un prêtre. Ce dernier recueille la confession d'un mourant, le sculpteur Harry Lighton, venu là se suicider par désespoir, car la jeune fiancée, dont il était épris, l'a repoussée. Bientôt, Mary séduit Eduard et le pousse à tuer son père. Les deux jeunes gens sont arrêtés et condamnés à mort. Dans sa cellule, Mary se transporte en rêve à Sodome.
Festival At The Poolroom
Festival At The Poolroom (1975)
, 1h35
Directed by Boaz Davidson
Origin Israel
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yehuda Barkan, Ze'ev Revach, Tuvia Tzafir, Yosef Shiloach, Mosko Alkalai

The story is about two twin brothers, Azriel and Gavriel (both played by Yehuda Barkan). Azriel is a shy and religious Jew who works in a fruit shop in Jaffa. Gavriel, is a hoodlum and a good-for-nothing hustler who runs a Snooker Bar. Gavriel and his friend Hanuka make easy money by swindling innocent people into gambling on Snooker games. One day Gavriel is forced to renew contact with his brother, because he is in trouble with a gangster who won the bet on a snooker game, and the only way to pay is by selling the family estate which is co-owned by Gavriel and his brother Azriel.
Lies My Father Told Me
Lies My Father Told Me (1975)
, 1h42
Directed by Ján Kadár
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yossi Yadin, Marilyn Lightstone, Ted Allan, Bertrand Gagnon, Guy L'Écuyer, Diana Leblanc

The story tells of a six-year-old boy who would travel with his grandfather on an old horse-drawn cart through the alleyways in a Jewish ghetto of Montreal in the 1920s. The two would call out to residents asking to collect their old junk (a rag-and-bone man). The boy's grandfather was religious but his father was not. Eventually the grandfather dies, as does his horse Ferdeleh, leaving the boy feeling bitter toward his secular father.
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
, 1h57
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman, Luther Adler, Robert H. Harris, Lloyd Bochner

Arthur Goldman is Jewish and a Nazi death camp survivor. Now a rich industrialist, he lives in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. One day, Israeli secret agents kidnap Goldman and take him to Israel for trial on charges of being a Nazi war criminal. Goldman's trial forces his accusers to face not only his presumed guilt, but their own as well.
Number Our Days
Number Our Days (1976)
, 28minutes
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism

Le film évoque une communauté de juifs âgés vivant à Venice (Los Angeles).