Shnei Kuni Leml
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| Shnei Kuni Leml | |
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 Shnei Kuni Leml DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Israel Becker |
| Produced by | Mordecai Navon |
| Written by | Israel Becker Avraham Goldfaden (operetta) |
| Starring | Mike Burstyn (double role) Raphael Klatchkin Jermain Unikovsky Shmuel Rodensky Elisheva Michaeli Rina Ganor Aharon Meskin |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg Romulo Grounni |
| Release date(s) | 1966 (Israel) |
| Running time | 120 min |
| Language | Yiddish, Hebrew |
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Shnei Kuni Leml (also: Two Kuni Lemel, English: The Flying Matchmaker) 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.
[edit] Plot
A rabbi (Rabbi Kalman) is asked to be matchmaker (shadchan) for a fellow rabbi's (Rabbi Pinchas') daughter, who is already romantically linked with her French teacher Max. He arranged a match with Kuni Leml, who is the cousin of Max, and is identical to look at. The only difference is that Kuni Leml is blind in one eye, limps, and stutters. Max decides to impersonate Kuni Leml at the marriage, but Kuni Leml arrives at the scene of the marriage with hilarious results
