Meir Swissa

The Good, the Bad, and the Not So Bad (1987)

The prisoner sentence to a very long time gets visitation home in order to meet his wife. The only problem is that he got a company - one of the prison guards.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Assi Dayan
CAST:  Moshe Ish-Kassit  •  Yosef Shiloach  •  Gabi Amrani  •  Assi Dayan

The prisoner sentence to a very long time gets visitation home in order to meet his wife. The only problem is that he got a company - one of the prison guards.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Assi Dayan
CAST:  Moshe Ish-Kassit  •  Yosef Shiloach  •  Gabi Amrani  •  Assi Dayan

Mr. Leon (1982)

In a rendition of a father-daughter conflict based on misunderstandings, this melodrama focuses on Annette (Nurit Cohen) who has left home for the city where she is unexpectedly offered a leading role in a movie. She is excited as she returns home to tell her news ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ze'ev Revach
CAST:  Ze'ev Revach  •  Nurit Cohen  •  Ya'ackov Banai  •  Meir Swissa

In a rendition of a father-daughter conflict based on misunderstandings, this melodrama focuses on Annette (Nurit Cohen) who has left home for the city where she is unexpectedly offered a leading role in a movie. She is excited as she returns home to tell her news ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ze'ev Revach
CAST:  Ze'ev Revach  •  Nurit Cohen  •  Ya'ackov Banai  •  Meir Swissa

The Song of the Siren (1994)

The Gulf War, January 1991. Talila Katz, a yuppie Tel Avivian creative director at an ad agency falls in love with clumsy food engineer Noah Ne'eman. The war, with its Scud missiles bombarding Israel and disrupting everyday life, is the backdrop for this pair's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eytan Fox
CAST:  Dalit Kahan  •  Boaz Gur-Lavi  •  Yair Lapid  •  Avital Dicker

The Gulf War, January 1991. Talila Katz, a yuppie Tel Avivian creative director at an ad agency falls in love with clumsy food engineer Noah Ne'eman. The war, with its Scud missiles bombarding Israel and disrupting everyday life, is the backdrop for this pair's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eytan Fox
CAST:  Dalit Kahan  •  Boaz Gur-Lavi  •  Yair Lapid  •  Avital Dicker

No Names on the Doors (1997)

Set on a modern kibbutz, as the spectre of an Arab invasion lurks in the backgroun,d and financial pressures are breaking down traditional communal values, a series of fragile, interwoven stories mirror this disintegration of collective ideal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadav Levitan
CAST:  Chava Alberstein  •  Mosko Alkalai  •  Avi Pnini  •  Dorit Lev-Ari

Set on a modern kibbutz, as the spectre of an Arab invasion lurks in the backgroun,d and financial pressures are breaking down traditional communal values, a series of fragile, interwoven stories mirror this disintegration of collective ideal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadav Levitan
CAST:  Chava Alberstein  •  Mosko Alkalai  •  Avi Pnini  •  Dorit Lev-Ari

99 Dizengoff Street (1979)

In the easy-going, sexually-liberated 1970's Tel Aviv, three young friends, struggling filmmaker Nati, his impressionable girlfriend Ossi and his geeky friend Mushon, move in together in a small apartment in Dizengoff Street number 99. By day, they work a boring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Avi Nesher
CAST:  Gidi Gov  •  Gali Atari  •  Gilat Ankori  •  Meir Swissa

In the easy-going, sexually-liberated 1970's Tel Aviv, three young friends, struggling filmmaker Nati, his impressionable girlfriend Ossi and his geeky friend Mushon, move in together in a small apartment in Dizengoff Street number 99. By day, they work a boring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Avi Nesher
CAST:  Gidi Gov  •  Gali Atari  •  Gilat Ankori  •  Meir Swissa

Cup Final (1991)

An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in Lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup, he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eran Riklis
CAST:  Moshe Ivgy  •  Yussuf Abu-Warda  •  Sharon Alexander  •  Mohammad Bakri

An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in Lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup, he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eran Riklis
CAST:  Moshe Ivgy  •  Yussuf Abu-Warda  •  Sharon Alexander  •  Mohammad Bakri

The Troupe (1978)

The movie, set in the Israeli 1969 War of Attrition, tells the story of a prestigious military band, and the tensions and ego crises new band members cause when joining the band. Will the band survive?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Avi Nesher
CAST:  Gidi Gov  •  Liron Nir-Gad  •  Sassi Keshet  •  Doval'e Glickman

The movie, set in the Israeli 1969 War of Attrition, tells the story of a prestigious military band, and the tensions and ego crises new band members cause when joining the band. Will the band survive?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Avi Nesher
CAST:  Gidi Gov  •  Liron Nir-Gad  •  Sassi Keshet  •  Doval'e Glickman

Live and Become (2005)

In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Mihăileanu
CAST:  Moshe Abebe  •  Moshe Agazai  •  Sirak M. Sabahat  •  Roni Hadar

In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Mihăileanu
CAST:  Moshe Abebe  •  Moshe Agazai  •  Sirak M. Sabahat  •  Roni Hadar

Goiabas (2015)

An apartment building in a small village, live human characters and funny puppets. The building moves a new family with their daughter Billie who love to discover the magical corners common building and especially the guava tree. However, there are those who are ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Hana Laslo  •  Eden Harel  •  Oded Menashe  •  Yoram Gaon

An apartment building in a small village, live human characters and funny puppets. The building moves a new family with their daughter Billie who love to discover the magical corners common building and especially the guava tree. However, there are those who are ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Hana Laslo  •  Eden Harel  •  Oded Menashe  •  Yoram Gaon

Marriage Agreement (2008)

After 20 year Elimelech and his wife, Shifra, rediscover their love for each other while searching for the marriage agreement which is needed for Ayala's, their daughter, wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menahem Golan
CAST:  Meir Swissa  •  Anat Barzilai  •  Arnon Zadok  •  Hila Eran

After 20 year Elimelech and his wife, Shifra, rediscover their love for each other while searching for the marriage agreement which is needed for Ayala's, their daughter, wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menahem Golan
CAST:  Meir Swissa  •  Anat Barzilai  •  Arnon Zadok  •  Hila Eran

The Cowards (1980)

A beautiful young woman moves to Tel Aviv, the big city, falls in love with a married man and does not relate to the nice postal clerk who secretly loves her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Avi Nesher
CAST:  Meir Swissa  •  Chelli Goldenberg  •  Ezra Dagan  •  Alex Monte

A beautiful young woman moves to Tel Aviv, the big city, falls in love with a married man and does not relate to the nice postal clerk who secretly loves her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Avi Nesher
CAST:  Meir Swissa  •  Chelli Goldenberg  •  Ezra Dagan  •  Alex Monte

She's Got It (2007)

Three women - two wives of a criminals and their friend - try to stop their men from a great deal of robbing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacob Goldwasser
CAST:  Evelyn Kaplun  •  Yael Poliakov  •  Meir Swissa  •  Yuval Segal

Three women - two wives of a criminals and their friend - try to stop their men from a great deal of robbing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacob Goldwasser
CAST:  Evelyn Kaplun  •  Yael Poliakov  •  Meir Swissa  •  Yuval Segal

The Rise And Fall Of Shem Tov Heavy (2020)

In order to sing trap and become a star you won't need a talent - just good gums and some anesthesia. Watch the rise and fall of "Shem Tov Heavy" - Tamir Bar, Ravid Plotnik, Swissa, Jimbo Jay, Shekel, Lukach and others from the Israeli Hip-Hop scene unite to tell ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naor Suki
CAST:  Tamir Bar  •  Meir Swissa  •  Michael Swissa  •  Yishay Swissa

In order to sing trap and become a star you won't need a talent - just good gums and some anesthesia. Watch the rise and fall of "Shem Tov Heavy" - Tamir Bar, Ravid Plotnik, Swissa, Jimbo Jay, Shekel, Lukach and others from the Israeli Hip-Hop scene unite to tell ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naor Suki
CAST:  Tamir Bar  •  Meir Swissa  •  Michael Swissa  •  Yishay Swissa

Honeymood (2020)

A bride and groom arrive at their lavish honeymoon suite on their wedding night. When the bride, Eleanor, discovers her now-husband has received a ring as a wedding gift from his ex-girlfriend, a knock-out fight ensues. At Eleanor’s insistence, the newlyweds leave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Talya Lavie
CAST:  Ran Danker  •  Avigail Harari  •  Meir Swissa  •  Orly Zilberschatz

A bride and groom arrive at their lavish honeymoon suite on their wedding night. When the bride, Eleanor, discovers her now-husband has received a ring as a wedding gift from his ex-girlfriend, a knock-out fight ensues. At Eleanor’s insistence, the newlyweds leave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Talya Lavie
CAST:  Ran Danker  •  Avigail Harari  •  Meir Swissa  •  Orly Zilberschatz