15 Films & TV Shows Set In Israel During The 1960s
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Operation Finale
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sAfter World War II, Hitlerโs deadliest lieutenant escaped. โ In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.
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The German Neighbor
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960s The 2010sIn 1960 Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped in Argentina and taken to Israel to face trial. In 2016, Renate -a young German translator who lives in Buenos Aires- is hired to translate it. Her work shows the unusual life and remarkable trial defense of Eichmann.
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The Matchmaker
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960s The 2000sDuring the summer of 1968 a teenage boy goes to work for a matchmaker who has survived the Holocaust - both their lives are forever altered.
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Eichmann
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960sBased upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution.
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Turn Left at the End of the World
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960sThe year is 1968. To a small town in the south of Israel, mostly inhabited by Moroccan immigrants, a few families from India arrive, searching for a better life in the west. The instinct driven Moroccans patronize the "black" Indians, while the quiet Indians see the Moroccans as Ignorant and coarse. In this cultural war two girls, Moroccan and Indian, discover the sexual revolution of the 60's.
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Mother Night
New York ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960s The 1940s The 1930sThe truth is more shocking than the uniform he wears... HE WAS AN AMERICAN SPY. โ An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
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For Sasha
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960sIsrael, 1967. Sacha and Laura have been living in a kibbutz near the Syrian border for two years. They are visited by Simon, Michel and Paul, three friends from Paris who have come to celebrate Laura's twentieth birthday. Simon is obsessed by the death of the girl he loved and during the birthday evening, attempts to find someone to blame amongst his friends. Laura alone knows that the young girl died of a broken heart. She also loved Sacha.
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Steal the Sky
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq The 1960sAn Israeli agent entices an Iraqi jet pilot to defect with his MIG fighter.
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The Impossible Spy
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐ธ๐พ Syria The 1960sThis is the true story of an Israeli civilian who was recruited into Israel's Secret Intelligence Agency to become a spy in Damascus, where he spent years infiltrating the Syrian political establishment. Israel's national hero, Eli Cohen, successfully entered the upper echelons of the Syrian government as a double-agent. The secrets he obtained became crucial in Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War.
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A Woman Called Golda
Wisconsin ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1970s The 1960sThe story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Going Steady
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960sGoing Steady aka Lemon Popsicle 2 is the sequel to the 1978 Israeli film Lemon Popsicle. The movie basically follows the daily lives of several teenagers as they are "coming of age" in what appears to be the late 50's (maybe early 60's).
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The House on Garibaldi Street
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina The 1960sWhen Israeli officials learn than Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they send a team of secret agents to apprehend him.
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The Troupe
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960sClash between new and old military band members threatens the band's stability. โ The movie, set in the Israeli 1969 War of Attrition, tells the story of a prestigious military band, and the tensions and ego crises new band members cause when joining the band. Will the band survive?
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The Jerusalem File
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960sTerror and sudden death erupt in a city torn apart by violence. โ An American student starts working with his Arab colleague while putting all politics aside. However, is his colleague just a regular Joe? Set around the time of Arab-Israeli Six Day War.
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Three Days and a Child
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1960sBased on a short story by Abraham B. Jehoshua, the movie follows Eli (Oded Kotler) taking care of an old girlfriend's child for three days. He wants him to get hurt, he worries about him. Will the child survive the three days? Will Eli?