Hole in the Moon
| Hole in the Moon | |
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| חור בלבנה | |
| Directed by | Uri Zohar |
| Written by | Amos Kenan |
| Produced by | Mordecai Navon |
| Starring | Arik Lavie Shaike Ophir Avraham Heffner Christiane Dancourt Uri Zohar |
| Cinematography | David Gurfinkel |
| Edited by | Anna Gurit |
| Music by | Michel Colombier |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Budget | $100,000 |
Hole in the Moon (Hebrew: חור בלבנה; Hor B'Levana) is a 1964 Israeli avant-garde-satiric movie directed by Uri Zohar. It was the first film to emerge from the New Sensitivity movement in Israeli cinema.
The film comprises two parts and employs the movie within a movie structure. The title of the film derives from a famous Hebrew song (that itself is based on a Czech folk melody) and also pays tribute to Georges Méliès's film A Trip to the Moon (1902). It was Zohar's final political film and since its release has garnered the status of Israeli cinema classic.