The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

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The Matchmaker

2010

1h 52m

7.1(15 votes)

Drama

Overview

During 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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Metro Communications

Cast & Crew

11 members

Acting

אדיר מילר

Yankele Bride

אדיר מילר

Acting

Maya Dagan

Clara Epstein

Maya Dagan

Acting

Tuval Shafir

Arik Burstein

Tuval Shafir

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Dror Keren

Meir the Librarian

Dror Keren

Acting

דב נבון

Yozi Burstein

דב נבון

Acting

Yarden Bar-Kochba

Nili Burstein

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Acting

אייל שכטר

Arik Burstein (Adult)

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Bat-El Papura

Sylvia

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קובי פרג׳

Moshe Abadi

קובי פרג׳

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Eli Yatzpan

Uncle Nadgi

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Neta Porat

Tamara

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