Ervinka
Sign in to savethumb|200px|Chaim Topol as Ervinka: Israeli DVD cover Ervinka () is a 1967 Israeli film written and directed by Ephraim Kishon. The film, starring Chaim Topol (best known for his role as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof), is a comical tale of a con man who falls in love with a police officer.
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6.8A good-natured but incorrigible layabout becomes embroiled in a plot to rob the Israeli lottery, all the while indulging in his boundless zeal for mischief and romance.
Released: 1967-02-0795 minDir: Ephraim KishonComedy, Crime, Romance
Cast
- Chaim Topol as Ervinka
- Mosko Alkalai as זיגלר
- Gila Almagor as Ruti
- Gabi Amrani as רחמים
- Gavri Banai as מוסא
- Ephraim Kishon as Motorradwerbespotregisseur
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1967
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Israel
- Original language
- Hebrew
- Director
- Ephraim Kishon
- Screenwriter
- Ephraim Kishon
- Cast member
- Chaim Topol
- Composer
- Dov Seltzer
- Producer
- Ephraim Kishon
- Cinematographer
- Floyd Crosby
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production notes
- References
- External links
thumb|200px|Chaim Topol as Ervinka: Israeli DVD cover Ervinka () is a 1967 Israeli film written and directed by Ephraim Kishon. The film, starring Chaim Topol (best known for his role as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof), is a comical tale of a con man who falls in love with a police officer.
==Plot== Ervinka is a young man living in Tel Aviv of the 1960s. He does not believe in work, morality, law and order, and settling down. He ekes out a living as a petty con man by charging parking fees to a lot that does not belong to him, stealing electricity from his neighbors, eating for free at family events he is not invited to, and extorting money from movie directors by revving up his moped engine near their film sets. He also finds ways to con the authorities, taking advantage of the stupidity, laziness, and inefficiency of bureaucrats (a favorite subject of Kishon's work). Ervinka even ingratiates himself with the local underworld by getting them out of trouble with the law over a robbery. His only dream is to win the lottery so he would not have to get by on his wits anymore.