The Matchmaker

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The Matchmaker

2010

1h 52m

7.1(15 votes)

Drama

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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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11 members

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אדיר מילר

Yankele Bride

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Maya Dagan

Clara Epstein

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Tuval Shafir

Arik Burstein

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Dror Keren

Meir the Librarian

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Dov Navon

Yozi Burstein

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Yarden Bar-Kochba

Nili Burstein

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אייל שכטר

Arik Burstein (Adult)

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Bat-El Papura

Sylvia

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קובי פרג׳

Moshe Abadi

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Eli Yatzpan

Uncle Nadgi

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Neta Porat

Tamara

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