Hana Laslo

Acting

Hana Laslo

Born 1953-06-14 · Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel

Laslo rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s in the wake of comedy routines in which she portrayed such characters as 'Safta Zapta' and 'Clara the cleaning woman.' In 2005 she won the Best Actress Award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival for her role in Free Zone. Her parents were both Holocaust survivors. In 1972–1973, she served in the Israel Defense Forces Southern Command musical troupe. She was married to Israeli media proprietor Aviv Giladi, with whom she has two sons - Ben and Itamar. Her eldest, Ben Giladi, is a film producer that works for Len Blavatnik's AI-Film and operates between London, LA and Tel-Aviv. Her daughter-in-law is Israeli Actress Romi Aboulafia. Hanna was also married and divorced businessman Benny Bloch.

Acting credits

Adam Resurrected poster
6.1

After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.

Adam Resurrected

2008

Plasticine Fragile poster
6.8

Ruth, a housewife in a suburb of Jerusalem, divided into two parts, appears as pliable as Play-Doh. While she should be taking care of her ten-year-old daughter and the household, her routine is falling apart and she is falling further into depression. Israel is just before the outbreak of the Six-Day War in 1967. The historical events echo in the lives of the characters only from a great distance. The female characters within the family wage a more important battle for their own identity. The director intentionally chose the parallel stories of three female protagonists: ten-year-old Michal who is just starting to acknowledge her sexuality, a single university student and Ruth, a trapped housewife.

Plasticine Fragile

2013

Laila in Haifa poster
4.9

The film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose customers are both Israelis and Palestinians, in one of Israel’s most open cities, Haifa. A long night in a place where the most diverse people meet: Jews, Muslims, gays, heterosexuals, transvestites; and three women, who in that multifaceted microcosm, a gathering peaceful hideout, can find shelter from male bullying and arrogance.

Laila in Haifa

2021

A Tramway in Jerusalem poster
4.2

On a tramway that connects several of Jerusalem's neighborhoods from East to West, a mosaic of people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds are brought together.

A Tramway in Jerusalem

2018

Free Zone poster
5.6

Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, an Israeli. But Hanna is on her way to Jordan, to the Free Zone, to pick up a large sum of money.

Free Zone

2005

Anywhere Else poster
6.1

You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. You reinvented yourself and you are now feeling free. But suddenly pressure arises in you.

Anywhere Else

2014

Bachelor Days Are Over poster
4.9

Nervous about his upcoming wedding, a man faces temptation from another woman.

Bachelor Days Are Over

2011

Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer poster
8.0

Sergio Konstanza, a swindler, owes money to Mr. Hasson. He escapes to the desert where he joins a wacky army reserve unit whose Sergeant is engaged to one of Mr. Hasson's Daughters.

Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer

1976

Madman poster
8.0

Killing as many commies as he can is the goal of a hatred consumed private in the Israeli Army. The memory of his torture in a Russian mental hospital has driven him to revenge. Persuading his friends and lovers to join him in his quest, he sets out on a mission of blood and vengeance. Sigourney Weaver stars as the brave woman who must love and trust a madman.

Madman

1978

Israel Forever poster
8.0

A minor politician, suffering with a temporary sexual disorder that is soon to be written about in the local press, is sent anonymously to Eilat for rest and pleasantries. His wife, believing he was on a trip abroad also goes to Eilat on the advice of her friend.

Israel Forever

1981

Alila poster
5.3

Life in a Tel Aviv apartment complex, an urban mosaic whose seedy characters, try as they might, can't get out of one another's faces. Gabi, a bobbed haired sexpot, and her lover Hezi—who's older, balding and married—rent a room to have an affair, while Ezra, a pot bellied divorcee, supervises an illegal construction site next door. All this racket drives Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor, to a mental breakdown. Other characters include illegal Chinese immigrants, a teenage boy who's afraid to serve in the army, and a corrupt police detective.

Alila

2003

Madam Yankelova's Fine Literature Club poster
5.1

What is going on behind the closed doors of the women-only secret club? The first rule is that love is prohibited. When Sophie falls in love with a mysterious man, she must choose between her last chance for true love to her loyalty to the club.

Madam Yankelova's Fine Literature Club

2017

Am Yisrael Hai poster
NR

A minor politician, suffering with a temporary sexual disorder that is soon to be written about in the local press, is sent anonymously to Eilat for rest and pleasantries. His wife, believing he was on a trip abroad also goes to Eilat on the advice of her friend.

Am Yisrael Hai

1981

Minimikim poster
7.5

Based on the series who based on the virtual friendly world ‘Mikmak’

Minimikim

2013

Robin Hood and the Justice Fighters The Musical poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Robin Hood and the Justice Fighters The Musical

At Our Playground poster
NR

Rinat and her friend Guy meet Clara and the talking tree and sing Naomi Shemer's songs

At Our Playground

2008

Belfer poster
8.5

Solomon Belfer, child who arrives to kibbutz after his father fled the country. He dreames of the moment when his father sent him a plane ticket, and he will leave the kibbutz. Meanwhile, he lies in his room and refuses to join the life of the community ...

Belfer

1978

The Seven Days poster
6.4

The Ohaion family is mourning the death of one of their relatives. In keeping with tradition, they gather together in the home of the deceased and stay there for seven days. Forced to put up with one another day and night, the brothers and sisters soon let their bitterness and arguments override the sense of communal reverence. The atmosphere becomes unbearable and long-buried truths finally surface.

The Seven Days

2008

Ultimatum poster
3.3

A young French couple deals with ramifications of world events on their relationship as Saddam Hussein threatens to launch SCUD missiles on Israel.

Ultimatum

2009

Save the Lifeguard poster
6.2

Comedy about day to day life of a Gordon beach lifeguard and his friends.

Save the Lifeguard

1977

Shikun poster
6.0

A diverse cross-section of Israeli society converges in a single multi-use building, the Shikun. As people of different languages, origins and generations come together in highly theatrical encounters, they grapple with the current state of affairs. In a poignant metaphor inspired by Eugène Ionesco’s famous play “Rhinoceros”, some begin to turn into rhinoceroses, while others resist.

Shikun

2024

Ami and Tami The Musical poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ami and Tami The Musical

2018

Millionaire in Trouble poster
7.5

A comedy about a millionaire who pretends to be not a millionaire...

Millionaire in Trouble

1978

Guavas poster
10.0

An apartment building in a small village, live human characters and funny puppets. The building moves a new family with their daughter Billie who love to discover the magical corners common building and especially the guava tree. However, there are those who are less like the guava tree, whose fruits fall directly in the territory and is rich mayor who decides to uproot the tree.

Guavas

2015