Shnei Kuni Leml

Infobox_Film
name = Shnei Kuni Leml


caption =Shnei Kuni Leml DVD cover
director =Israel Becker
writer =Israel Becker
Avraham Goldfaden (operetta)
starring =Mike Burstyn (double role)
Raphael Klatchkin
Jermain Unikovsky
Shmuel Rodensky
Elisheva Michaeli
Rina Ganor
Aharon Meskin
cinematography = Adam Greenberg
Romulo Grounni
producer =Mordecai Navon
released =1966 (Israel)
runtime =120 min
language =Yiddish, Hebrew
imdb_id =0138101

Shnei Kuni Leml (also: "Two Kuni Lemel", English: "The Flying Matchmaker" or שני קוני למל) is a 1966 Israeli film musical directed by Israel Becker. The film was the first major success on screen for lead actor Mike Burstyn who has a double role as Kuni Leml and his cousin Max, and also casts his father Pesach Burstein in a small role.

Plot

A rabbi (Rabbi Kalman) is asked to be matchmaker (shadchan) for a fellow rabbi's (Rabbi Pinchas') daughter, who is already romantically linked with her French teacher Max. He arranged a match with Kuni Leml, who is the cousin of Max, and is identical to look at. The only difference is that Kuni Leml is blind in one eye, limps, and stutters. Max decides to impersonate Kuni Leml at the marriage, but Kuni Leml arrives at the scene of the marriage with hilarious results