Paratroopers (1977)

5.7/10 85 min

Overview

Not everyone is born to be a soldier. Not even in Israel, where universal conscription is the tradition. This movie is about a Sad Sack in the Israeli army, incompetent to complete training and yet incompetent to extricate himself.

Cast

Gidi Gov

Moni Moshonov

Doval'e Glickman

Shlomo Bar-Aba

Ezra Kafri

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