Sasson Gabai

Acting

Sasson Gabai

Born 1947-11-24 · Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq [now Iraq]

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sasson Gabai (also Sasson Gabay) - is an Israeli actor, Jewish and originally from Iraq. He works in Israeli cinema. He has won Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Asia Pacific Screen Award, European Film Awards and Jerusalem Film Festival in 2007 as Best Actor in a highly acclaimed Israeli film "The Band's Visit". He is leading and prolific actors in Israel. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Sasson Gabai , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Rambo III poster
6.2

Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.

Rambo III

1988

Not Without My Daughter poster
6.7

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.

Not Without My Daughter

1991

The Order poster
5.1

When Rudy, an artifacts smuggler, goes to Jerusalem to rescue his kidnapped archeologist father, he faces deportation by a scheming police chief. Now, to find his dad and recover a sacred scroll, he'll have to outwit officials and a ruthless sect. With the help of a beautiful Israeli cop, Rudy battles a faction of religious zealots determined to see a holy war at all costs.

The Order

2001

The Angel poster
6.6

True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.

The Angel

2018

Oslo poster
6.6

The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that led to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.

Oslo

2021

The Band's Visit poster
7.0

A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.

The Band's Visit

2007

The Ambassador poster
5.1

An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.

The Ambassador

1985

When Pigs Have Wings poster
7.0

After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting: imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the Faith of Islam but also by the Jewish religion. Determined to get rid of the animal, Jafaar tries desperately to sell it, first to a United Nations official, then to a Jewish colony where Yelena raises pigs not for their meat but for security reasons. Of course, going unnoticed in the company of a "forbidden" animal, among his Palestinian brothers, past Israeli soldiers and under the scrutiny of Islamic fundamentalists is no bed of roses and a series of misadventures await Jafaar.

When Pigs Have Wings

2011

A Brother’s Love poster
6.4

Sophia, a brilliant doctoral student, has always maintained a symbiotic relationship with her brother Karim. The arrival of a new lover in Karim’s life significantly alters their dynamic.

A Brother’s Love

2019

Black Notebooks poster
6.5

With this two-part feature documentary, Shlomi Elkabetz shares a poignant love letter to his sister, the late actress and director Ronit Elkabetz, and delivers a rare cinematic experience.

Black Notebooks

2021

No artwork available
NR

The friendship between Avi, a former drug addict, and Jaber, a Sudanese refugee, is in danger. It is Jabber's last day before being sent to Holot Detention Facility, and Avi decides to take matters into his own hands.

Abu Eli

2019

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem poster
7.6

The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

2014

Hunting Elephants poster
5.9

In this hilarious crime comedy, a gifted 12-year-old boy and three elderly men plan a bank robbery in order to seek revenge on the institution for cheating the youngster after the death of his father.

Hunting Elephants

2013

The Quarry poster
8.0

Israel, Fifties... Two men are fighting for the love of one woman in the quarry.

The Quarry

1990

The Patriots poster
6.7

Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist.

The Patriots

1994

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story poster
7.0

Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

1990

Steal the Sky poster
5.3

An Israeli agent entices an Iraqi jet pilot to defect with his MIG fighter.

Steal the Sky

1988

The Impossible Spy poster
5.9

This 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.

The Impossible Spy

1987

Made in Israel poster
6.7

Two pairs of assassins are sent by a holocaust survivor's son to bring the last Nazi for a show trial in Israel.

Made in Israel

2001

The Other Story poster
6.5

Two rebellious young women - one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith; the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious upbringing for sexual and spiritual freedom - cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences.

The Other Story

2018

Escape: Human Cargo poster
5.6

An American entrepreneur is closing a deal in Saudi Arabia in 1977. After a fallout with his influential Saudi partners, they have him arrested. Due to the US policy of noninterference in SA, the embassy won't help him. He must escape.

Escape: Human Cargo

1998

Blink of an Eye poster
4.5

An agent with psychic powers comes to the rescue of the kidnapped daughter of the CIA director.

Blink of an Eye

1992

Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem » poster
NR

The final part of a family trilogy by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz. It follows Viviane Amsalem's grueling legal marathon to obtain a divorce.

Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »

2016

Antigone poster
NR

There was war, as always. A war of brothers. Now it's over. The time has come to praise the fallen and denounce the traitors. Two of Antigone's brothers fell in the war, one was declared a hero and received a state funeral, the other a traitor. His body was abandoned without a grave, food for the birds of the sky. According to King Creon's order, anyone who tries to bury him - will be killed. Antigone, armed with a shovel and a conscience, sets out alone to fight against the law and for the heart and ignites a battle between morality and politics, between family and people, between a young girl and an old ruler.

Antigone

2024