
The Man who Loves Hebrew
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.
- Year: 1991
- Country: Israel
- Genre: Drama, History
- Studio: Belfilms Ltd., Mordecai Slonim Productions
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- Director: Eli Cohen
- Cast: Sinai Peter, Anat Waxman, Gal Zaid, Nissim Zohar, Irina Seleznyova