The youngest son of Israel’s eye-patch wearing military hero Moshe Dayan, the younger Dayan is considered one of the primary pioneers of the Israeli cinematic industry and the creator of some of its most iconic films. He shot to fame in “He Walked the Fields,” an idealistic love story about both romance and country that hit theaters in 1967, the same year that Israel faced its nation-defining Six-Day War.
Later years would see Dayan (pictured at center, sitting) playing roles reflecting all corners of the political spectrum, from a treasonous prisoner in the Academy Award-nominated ...