Film

Shoshi

Director: Shauly Melamed

Zalman Shoshi, born in Haifa to Holocaust survivors, grew up in a home marked by violence and trauma. As a teenager, Zalman ran away from home and survived by working as a sex worker. Later, Zalman reinvented himself as Shoshi, Israel's first transgender celebrity, who was both revered and feared. Their path also led to Berlin: a divided city where Holocaust survivors reopened bars, brothels, and peep shows, and where Israeli trans women found both refuge and danger.

Top cast

Zalman Shoshi

Self

Directed by

Shauly Melamed

Written by

Shauly Melamed

Produced by

Gil Sima, Jürgen Brüning