The Man who Loves Hebrew

Name: The Man who Loves Hebrew
Director: Eli Cohen
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1991-01-01
Rating: 8
Cast: Kevin Patterson, Sinai Peter, Anat Waxman, Gal Zaid, Nissim Zohar

Original title: האיש שאהב בעברית

8.0(2)1991—HE

Directed by Eli Cohen

At the beginning of the 20th century, a language war raged in Palestine. The contenders: Yiddish, Russian, French, German, English, and Hebrew, a language barely spoken for 2000 years. This feature film tells the dramatic life story of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda who championed the cause of modern Hebrew.