Dalia and the Sailors () is an Israeli comedy film directed by Menahem Golan and produced by Mordecai Navon.Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 50. It was Menachem Golan's second film.Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. P. 64.
Plot Dalia (Véronique Vendell) immigrated with her parents as a child from Israel to Canada. As a young woman, she misses Israel and wants to return. She sneaks on board a freighter sailing from to Israel but is soon discovered by the crew who try to hide her from the captain (Shraga Friedman) and the other officers.
Cast Véronique Vendell as Dalia Dekelman Shraga Friedman as Captain Avraham Rappaport Arik Einstein as Hillel "Gurnischt" Goren Oded Teomi as Ron Gideon Singer as Lieutenant Ya'akov Ben-Sira as Chief Ori Levy as bos'n, the boatswain Shaike Ophir as Jacko, the helmsman Hanan Goldblatt as Stanislav Kuchinski, a sailor Mordechai Arnon as Toto, a sailor Shlomo Vishinski as Srulik, a sailor Benny Amdurski as a sailor Yehoram Gaon as a sailor Israel Gurion as Shmulik, the radio operator Reuven Shefer as Fuchs Bomba Tzur as Berman, the cook Mordechai Ben-Ze'ev as Chiney Chang, the cook's assistant Menachem Golan as Italian policeman Vittorio De Sica (uncredited)רסן יש, סוס אין. Ze'ev Rav-Nof, 21 August 1964, Davar
Reception Dalia and the Sailors sold 599,000 tickets, making it the 28th most popular Israeli film in Israeli film history.Doron Fishler, "The 100 most popular Israeli films ever", Fisheye, September 25, 2016 This is the first Israeli movie ever to feature nudity, although partial and by a foreign actress (Veronique Vendell). Her brief nude scene contributed much to the movie's popularity when it was first released.
Soundtrack The music for the movie was composed by Itzhak Graziani. Neomi Shemer composed two songs for the films, the title song "Na'arat HaSipun" (The Deck Girl; ) and "Layla BeHof Achziv" (Night at Achziv Beach; ) which was performed by Yarkon Bridge Trio and later released on the trio's debut album.
A four-song Extended play was issued for the film.דליה והמלחים, פסקול הסרט (1964)) Stereo VeMono The EP didn't contain two more songs that were performed in the movie, "Layla BeHof Achziv" and "Ktovet Ka'aka" (Tattoo; ) by Theatre Club Quartet (with Hanan Goldblatt replacing original member Shimon Bar), which was previously released by the quartet in 1958.
Track listing Side A "Na'arat HaSipun" (The Deck Girl; ) – Band (2:30) "Charleston" () – Itzhak Graziani (3:00)
Side B "Shake" () – Yarkon Bridge Trio (2:15) "Twist" () – Don Julio (2:30)
See also Cinema of Israel
References
External links Dalia And The Sailors in IMDb Dalia And The Sailors in Book of Israeli Cinema site