The Customer of the Off Season
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| The Customer of the Off Season | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Moshé Mizrahi |
| Written by | Moshé Mizrahi Rahel Fabian |
| Produced by | Alex Massis |
| Starring | Claude Rich |
| Cinematography | Étienne Szabo |
| Edited by | Dov Hoenig |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
The Customer of the Off Season (Hebrew: אורח בעונה מתה Ore'ach B'Onah Metah) is a 1970 Israeli drama film directed and co-written by Moshé Mizrahi. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Plot
[edit]The film follows a German officer (Hans Christian Blech) who was a concentration camp commander near the city of Lyon. After the war, he posed as a Jewish refugee and immigrated to Israel to avoid being tried for his crimes. In Israel, he falls in love with an Israeli woman of Yemeni-Jewish descent, and together they run a small hotel in Eilat. However, the shadow of his past follows him there, and after 20 years, when a French guest (Claude Rich) arrives at the hotel, the officer fears that this Frenchman was a prisoner in his camp and might recognize and expose him. Out of fear, he murders the stranger.
Cast
[edit]- Claude Rich as Customer
- Henya Sucar-Ziv as Wife
- Hans Christian Blech as Hotel Manager
- Amos Kenan
- Uzi Weinberg
References
[edit]- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for The Customer of the Off Season". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
External links
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