Cramel (TV series)

Cramel
Genre	Fantasy, Comedy drama
Created by	Shirli Desha [he], Roy Segev [he]
Based on	Cramel by Meira Barnea Goldberg [he]
Directed by	Roy Segev (רועי שגב)
Starring	Yonatan Bar Or [he] Omri Lekes (עומרי לקס) Lir Issa [he] Mai Kurtz (מאי קורץ) Efrat Boymwald [he] Lyrit Balaban [he] Yuval Segal [he] Udi Gottschalk [he] Lian Ben Yishai (ליאן בן ישי) Michal Korman (מיכל קורמן) Vered Avidan [he] Jonathan Avinoam (יונתן אבינועם) Hila Harush [he] Anat Magen Shevo [he]
Country of origin	Israel
Original language	Hebrew
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	60
Production
Executive producers	Amit Stratiner (עמית סטרטינר), Idit Mistrial (עידית מיסטריאל)
Producer	July-August Productions
Original release
Network	Kan Educational

Cramel (Hebrew: כראמל) is an Israeli children and youth television series based on the successful book series Cramel by Meira Barnea Goldberg [he]. The first season aired from January 2, 2022 to February 3, 2022 on the channel Kan Educational.^[1][2] The episodes reached 14 million views on YouTube until all content was made exclusive to the Kan Educational website.^[3][4] One of the show's cast members, Lir Issa (ליר עיסא), confirmed Cramel would return for a second season by revealing pictures from the new set on his Instagram account.^[5]

Plot

Three orphaned brothers discover that they are the only heirs of a rich uncle, who bequeaths them individually a castle, a luxurious automotive factory and a mysterious cat named Cramel. When they arrive at the castle, they meet Sep, the caretaker of the castle.^[6]

Characters

• Cramel (operated by Goni Paz, voiced by Amir Kariaf) – the cat that Robbie inherits. Cramel has the ability to speak, practice various forms of magic, imitate voices and turn stones into pure gold. Loves cheesecakes.
• Robbie (Robert) Jerome (Yonathan Bar Or) – the main protagonist, inherits Cramel the cat from his uncle Arthur Jerome.
• El-El (Elliot) Jerome (Omari Lex) – inherits Arthur Jerome's castle. Arrogant, looks after his hair at all costs and is in love with Helena. El-El has a talent for songwriting. In the 3rd season he establishes a school newspaper.
• Gol (Gabriel) Jerome (Lir Issa) – inherits Arthur Jerome's automotive factory, but is not very bright. Talented in knitting, nicknamed by the knitting teacher "an Elevation". Winner of the national knitting competition. In episode 8, Helena wears his ring. In episode 17, El-El reveals that Helena loves him.
• Helena Bloom (May Kurtz) – Mrs. Bloom's beautiful daughter and Jane's cousin, helps her mother obtain the castle, the factory and the cat before going astray. In love with El-El. In episode 16 she gets involved in a love triangle with El-El and Gol, and in episode 17 reveals to Gol that she loves El-El.
• Mila Smith (Efrat Boymwald) – the adoptive mother of El-El, Gol and Robbie, who later adopts Jane as well.
• Mrs. Mimi Bloom (Lyrit Balavan) – the castle's housekeeper. She has been prevented from being fired due to an event that occurred at the Purple Lake. She hates Cramel and tries to get ownership of the inheritance. She is ashamed of her first name and lies that her name is Asmeralda. At the end of the first season, she leaves the castle in exchange for the gold that Cramel conjured for her.
• Sep Graham (Yuval Segal) – Mila's childhood friend and love interest. He likes taking photos with his camera and performs maintenance work at the castle.
• Chang/John (Udi Gottschalk) – the castle cook, who pretends to be Chinese and makes Chinese food. His real name is John.
• Jane (Lian Ben Yishai) – a talkative girl who ran away from the Clara Hermanes orphanage. Mrs. Bloom's niece and Helena's cousin.
• Vish Smith (Nevo Kaminka) – Mila's genius nephew. Eats only pasta with salt. He also has a little notebook that he writes about people who talk about his name.
• Barbara (Hila Harush) - Gol's best friend that was his secret admirer that brought him cookies, made him a statue, and sent him a message in a kite.

*Beti (Michal Korman) - one of the workers of Jerome's Castle

• Beatrice (Daria Rosen) A girl who was multiplied and kidnapped by professor De Vil. Her multiplication was El El's friend too. But had a wicked job to steal Cramel. In season 3 episode 20 she shows a mirror to her multiplication (in episode 16 professor said that if a multiplication looks at a mirror, it disappears), and meets a famous actor called Maximillian Domingo.

Overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	21		2 January 2022 (2022-01-02)	3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
2	20		5 February 2023 (2023-02-05)	8 March 2023 (2023-03-08)
3	20		18 February 2024 (2024-02-18)	20 March 2024 (2024-03-20)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
2022	Frogi's Picks of the Year Awards [he]	Lead Actor in Children's Series	Yonatan Ben Or	Nominated
		Favorite Actress in a Children's Series	Hila Harosh [he]	Nominated
	The 2nd Children and Youth Television Awards Competition [he]	Drama Series	Cramel (Season 1)	Won
		Best Actor in a Drama Series	Yuval Segal	Won
		Best Actress in a Drama Series	Lirit Bilvan [he]	Won
		Best Director in a Drama Series	Roy Segev	Nominated
		Best Screenplay in a Drama Series	Roy Segev, Shireli Desha [he]	Won
		Best Shot	Binyamin Cherem	Won
		Best Art Direction	Ado Dolev [he]	Won
		Best Casting	Moran Machiano [he]	Nominated
		Best Makeup	Roitel Darom	Won
		Best Original Music	Ben Zeidman [he], Daniel Markovitch [he]	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Hava Levi Rozelesky	Won

References

1. "עמוד הסדרה באתר של כאן חינוכית". Kan Educational (in Hebrew). Retrieved August 26, 2022.
2. Gili, Izakovich (January 3, 2022). "מפלט פנטסטי מהמציאות עבור ילדים ישראלים". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-08-26.
3. Kimchi, Yosefa (August 8, 2022). "נשמה של חתול: פסטיבל כראמל בדיזינגוף סנטר יפתח כמתוכנן". Maariv (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-08-29.
4. "כראמל סופרסטאר: החתול האהוב בארץ משתלט על דיזנגוף סנטר". Time Out (in Hebrew). July 11, 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
5. Lir Issa (ליר עיסא) [@learissa_] (July 27, 2022). "עונה 2 בדרך #כראמל" (in Hebrew) – via Instagram.
6. Chalamish, Gaya (2022-01-02). "הסדרה החדשה "כראמל" היא עיבוד לספר הילדים המצליח". Hachadashot 12 (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-08-26.

External links

• Cramel at IMDb