Ish HaHashmal
Jan 02 2003
•Drama
Cohen takes an elliptical approach in telling the story of Pinchas Rutenberg, a visionary, complex, and larger-than-life figure, who, amongst other things, brought electricity to Jewish Palestine in the early 20th century by building a hydroelectric power station in Nahararyim.
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Menashe Noy
Pinchas Rutenberg

Ayelet Zurer
Becky

Lior Ashkenazi
Leonard

Mark Ivanir
Abraham Rothenberg
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