The Flying Matchmaker

The Flying Matchmaker[1] (also: Two Kuni Lemel, Shnei Kuni Leml 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.

[2] The plot is based on the 1880 Yiddish play, a comedy of errors, Di tsvey Kuni-Lemels (Yiddish: די בײדע קוני-לעמעל) by Abraham Goldfaden.

It was based on the German-language comedy Nathan Schlemiel oder Orthodoxe und reformirte Juden by J. Rosenzweig[a] (Ein Tendenz-Lustspiel in 3 Acten.

Confusion ensues as both Max and Kuni Lemel show up to court Carolina.

The title page of Goldfaden's play