Rami Heuberger Movies
- 2007
- NR
British Palestine, 1947: In just a few short months, Israel will achieve independent statehood. Proffy Liebowitz is a 12-year-old militant who wants nothing more than to see the imperialist forces pack their bags and head for the hills, but when Proffy breaks curfew one night he has an experience that will forever change his outlook on life. Busted while roaming the streets by an amiable British soldier, Proffy is taken aback to find himself entering into a friendly conversation with a man he would have once sworn off as his mortal enemy. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alfred Molina, Ido Port, (more)
- 2007
A psychiatrist wrestles with his own problems as well as those of his patients in this feature-film adaptation of the popular Israeli television series Be Tipul (aka In Treatment). Re'uven Dagan (Assi Dayan) is a shabby, middle-aged analyst who spends his days listening to the concerns and complaints of a variety of different patients. Dealing with everyone else's troubles is sometimes more than he can handle, so once a week Dagan visits Gila Abulafia (Gila Almagor), a fellow therapist who listens to his complaints and discusses the fine art of psychotherapy with him. Among Dagan's clients are Yadin Yerushalmi (Lior Ashkenazi), a military pilot who questions the ethics of his recent missions; Ayala (Maya Maron), a teenage girl obsessed with doing everything right; Na'ama Lerner (Ayelet Zurer), a beautiful woman who can't stick with a lasting relationship; and Michael & Orna Neumann (Rami Heuberger and Alma Zak), a couple whose unsuccessful efforts to have a child have nearly ruined their sex life. In Treatment was later adapted for an American series with the same name for the HBO premium network, with Gabriel Byrne as the psychiatrist. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Assi Dayan
Life behind the scenes in the Israeli theater is not all its cracked up to be as can be seen in this serious, episodic psychological drama that chronicles the disillusionment of idealistic young actors who come to the stage after graduating from school. The story pays attention to both the personal and professional obstacles faced by these young players. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yael Hadar, Rami Heuberger, (more)
Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, using flattery and bribes to win military contracts, and brings in accountant and financier Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) to help run the factory. By staffing his plant with Jews who've been herded into Krakow's ghetto by Nazi troops, Schindler has a dependable unpaid labor force. For Stern, a job in a war-related plant could mean survival for himself and the other Jews working for Schindler. However, in 1942, all of Krakow's Jews are assigned to the Plaszow Forced Labor Camp, overseen by Commandant Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes), an embittered alcoholic who occasionally shoots prisoners from his balcony. Schindler arranges to continue using Polish Jews in his plant, but, as he sees what is happening to his employees, he begins to develop a conscience. He realizes that his factory (now refitted to manufacture ammunition) is the only thing preventing his staff from being shipped to the death camps. Soon Schindler demands more workers and starts bribing Nazi leaders to keep Jews on his employee lists and out of the camps. By the time Germany falls to the allies, Schindler has lost his entire fortune -- and saved 1,100 people from likely death. Schindler's List was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won seven, including Best Picture and a long-coveted Best Director for Spielberg, and it quickly gained praise as one of the finest American movies about the Holocaust. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, (more)
In Kevin Reynolds' The Beast, George Dzundza plays a cruel Russian tank commander who gets lost in the wilderness during the war in Afghanistan. As the enemy closes in, the glazed-eyed Dzundza must rely on his survival training to see him through this crisis. Meanwhile, one of Dzundza's men (Jason Patric), abandoned and left to die by his demonic commander, joins the Afghan cause. Filmed in Israel, The Beast (aka The Beast of War) was adapted from a play by William Mastrosimone. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- George Dzundza, Jason Patric, (more)
