
ThisisaheartwarminglittlecomedyfromIsraelidirectorEphraimKishon.<br/> ShaikeOphirplaysAzulai,aHulot-likecharacterwhoisabittoonicetobeaproperpoliceman.<br/> Whilehisfriendshaveallgoneontothehigherranksoftheforce,Azulaihasalwaysbeenstuckwhereheis.<br/> Infact,he'sonlythereduetohis'friendsinhighplaces'pity.<br/> ThisismainlyacomedyduetoAzulai'santicsbutit'snotalllaughs.<br/> RecommendedforanyfanofTatiandalike.<br/> --zoneyoutwonk<br/> ________________________________<br/> BorninBudapest,Hungary,asFerencHoffmann,EphraimKishonstudiedsculptureandpainting,andthenbeganpublishinghumourousessaysandwritingforthestage.After1945hechangedhissurnamefromHoffmanntoKishont.HeemigratedtoIsraelin1949,whereanimmigrationofficergavehimthenameEphraimKishon.<br/> AcquiringamasteryofHebrewwithremarkablespeed,hestartedaregularsatiricalcolumnintheeasy-Hebrewdaily,Omer,afteronlytwoyearsinthecountry.From1952,hewrotethecolumn"HadGadya"inthedailyMa'ariv.Devotedlargelytopoliticalandsocialsatirebutincludingessaysofpurehumour,itbecameoneofthemostpopularcolumnsinthecountry.Hisextraordinaryinventiveness,bothintheuseoflanguageandthecreationofcharacter,wasappliedalsotothewritingofinnumerablesketchesfortheatricalrevues.<br/> Azulaiisasoft-heartedandincompetentpolicemaninJaffa.Hissuperiorswanttosendhimtoearlyretirement,buthewouldliketostayontheforce.ThecriminalsofJaffawhoalsodon'twanttoseehimleavetrytofindawaytohelphimkeephisjob.




