Festival Screenings

Represented the Israel
Broadcasting
Authority in
Prix-Italia, 1992



At the beginning of the twentieth century, a language war raged in Palestine. The contenders: Yiddish, Russian, French, German, English and Hebrew, a language barely spoken for 2000 years. At stake: the national language of the Jewish homeland-in-the-making.

The Wordmaker tells the dramatic life story of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda who championed the cause of modern Hebrew. He was zealous and stubborn and had one driving passion: breathing life into the ancient biblical tongue. Denounced as a heretic, dismissed as a dreamer, this brilliant man pressed on tirelessly, often at the expense of family and health.

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The National Center For Jewish Film
Brandeis University, Lown 102, MS053, Waltham MA 02454
P: (781) 899 7044, F: (781) 736 2070

The Wordmaker

Israel, 1991, 90 minutes, color
Hebrew, English, French, and Russian with English subtitles
Directed by Eli Cohen
Produced by Noemi Schory

$90 Institutional Use VHS

Public Exhibition 16mm or Beta Rental available






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