Shmuel Yosef Agnon Trailers

In the Prime of Her Life Trailer (2010)

31 December 2010

This modern adaptation of S.Y. Agnon’s story takes place in a small city at the edge of the desert. In this barren landscape, Tirza, a young woman who lives alone with her father, becomes entranced by Akaviah Mazal, a lecturer at the college where she is studying. As she gets lost in the secrets of their entwined past, enchantment turns to obsession and Tirza does everything in her power to get Mazal’s attention and win his heart. Despite the warnings and fears of those closest to her, Tirza pursues her dangerous quest for love. Will she succeed in righting the injustices of the past and break the tragic cycle of fate, or will she simply perpetuate it?

The Lady and The Peddler Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

A 1989 television adaptation of a story by S.Y. Agnon, depicting an encounter between a Jewish peddler, who sells a knife to a Christian mistress, and the woman herself; he ends up staying in her home until a tragic conclusion.

Shabat Hamalka Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965