Ba'al Hahalomot) is a 1962 stop-motion animated drama film by Yoram Gross in his directorial debut.
The first animated film produced in Israel, it tells the story of Joseph from the Bible.
[3][4][5] The film was widely seen but was a box office bomb because the majority of the audience were schoolchildren, who only paid a quarter of the normal children's ticket price.
[2] Eleanor Mannikka from The New York Times wrote in her review, "Even with the advanced techniques of a major Hollywood studio -- absent here -- the concept of combining this mode of expression with religious heroes might have been too great a challenge to bring off well.
Emphasis lies in the action here, which is still not enough to replace the value of human facial expressions, gestures, and subtle nuances in conveying a needed depth.