Drama ·History · Israel · 1991 0

The Man who Loves Hebrew

האיש שאהב בעברית

Director

Eli Cohen

Cast

Kevin Patterson as Dr. Peel Sinai Peter as Anat Waxman as Gal Zaid as Nissim Zohar as Irina Seleznyova as

Crew

Eli Cohen — Writer

Synopsis

At the beginning of the 20th century, a language war raged in Palestine. The contenders: Yiddish, Russian, French, German, English, and Hebrew, a language barely spoken for 2000 years. This feature film tells the dramatic life story of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda who championed the cause of modern Hebrew.

Key Collaborators

Eli Cohen Director Eli Cohen Writer

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