Nadav Levitan ( ; 21 April 1945 &ndash; 9 January 2010 ) was an Israeli film director , screenwriter , writer and songwriter . He directed nine films between 1981 and 1999 . His film '' Stalin 's Disciples '' ( in Hebrew '' Stalin 's Children '' , ילדי סטאלין ) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival . He was married to Israeli singer Chava Alberstein , who had recorded many of his songs . Levitan died on 10 January 2010 , of an undisclosed lung ailment
1988 Cannes Film Festival
1988 Cannes Film Festival
Nadav Levitan