• Source: The Flying Matchmaker

      • The Flying Matchmaker (also: Two Kuni Lemel, Shnei Kuni Leml or שני קוני למל) is a 1966 Israeli film musical directed by Israel Becker. The film was the first major success on screen for lead actor Mike Burstyn who has a double role as Kuni Leml and his cousin Max, and also casts his father Pesach Burstein in a small role. The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.


      Plot history


      The plot is based on the 1880 Yiddish play, a comedy of errors, Di tsvey Kuni-Lemels (Yiddish: די בײדע קוני-לעמעל) by Abraham Goldfaden. It was based on the German-language comedy Nathan Schlemiel oder Orthodoxe und reformirte Juden by J. Rosenzweig (Ein Tendenz-Lustspiel in 3 Acten. Pressburg, 1873). Rosenzweig's was also the base for the 1879 play Di tsvey shmuel shmelkes (Two Shmuel Shmelkes) by Joseph Lateiner, and some sources say that Goldfaden's was based on Lateiner's, because the play of the latter one was earlier, but Lateiner's text is no longer available.


      Plot


      The local matchmaker (shadchan), Reb Kalman, arranges a match for Carolina, the daughter of a wealthy client, Reb Pinchas. The daughter is already romantically linked with Max, who teaches her French. He arranges to show up in Kuni Lemel's place, disguised as Kuni Lemel, so he can marry Carolina. Confusion ensues as both Max and Kuni Lemel show up to court Carolina.


      Cast


      Mike Burstyn as Max / Kuni Leml
      Raphael Klatchkin as Matchmaker
      Germaine Unikovsky as Matchmaker's Daughter (as Jermain Unikovsky)
      Shmuel Rodensky as Rebbe Pinchas
      Elisheva Michaeli as Rebbe Pinchas' Wife
      Rina Ganor as Carolina, Rebbe Pinchas's Daughter
      Aharon Meskin as Kuni Leml's Father
      Ari Kutai as Max's Father


      Sequels


      Kuni Lemel in Tel Aviv (Kuni Lemel in Tel Aviv at IMDb), 1976
      Kuni Lemel in Cairo (Kuni Lemel in Cairo at IMDb), 1983


      See also


      List of submissions to the 39th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
      List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film


      Notes




      References




      External links


      Shnei Kuni Leml at IMDb
      Joel Berkowitz, Di tsvey Kuni-Leml [The Two Kuni-Lemls] (synopsys of the original play)

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