Schlager (Hebrew: שלאגר), or The Hit, is an Israeli comic musical film of 1979. The script and lyrics writer and film director was Assi Dayan, the music was written by Svika Pick, and the stars were HaGashash HaHiver (the Trackers) trio. Comparing to other projects of Dayan, Pick, or the Trackers, this film did not sale well and did not take central place in the Israeli culture. However, one of its songs, "Shir Ha'frecha" ("The Bimbo Song"), per...
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Schlager (Hebrew: שלאגר), or The Hit, is an Israeli comic musical film of 1979. The script and lyrics writer and film director was Assi Dayan, the music was written by Svika Pick, and the stars were HaGashash HaHiver (the Trackers) trio. Comparing to other projects of Dayan, Pick, or the Trackers, this film did not sale well and did not take central place in the Israeli culture. However, one of its songs, "Shir Ha'frecha" ("The Bimbo Song"), performed by Ofra Haza, became Haza’s signature song.
Dr. Shooky Heftzibah’s dancing school is in large debts, and Heftzibah is looking for people he can convince to pay him large sums. He is reuniting with his long forgotten friend, the lazy garage owner and widower Ziggy Fuxman, and promising him to find him a new wife, if Fuxman pays Heftzibah’s debts. However, Heftzibah’s debts are so large that he has to look for a rich new wife for his friend. Heftzibah reads obituaries and takes Fuxman to a shiva in order to seduce the new widow, while...
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