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Revision as of 15:58, 7 April 2011
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Directed by | Menahem Golan |
Screenplay by | Menahem Golan Stanley Mann |
Produced by | Menahem Golan |
Starring | Ellen Burstyn Maruschka Detmers Donald Pleasencee |
Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
Edited by | Alain Jakubowicz Dory Lubliner |
Music by | Dov Seltzer |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Cannon Films |
Release date | 23 November 1988 |
Running time | 148 minutes |
Country | USA |
Languages | English Hungarian |
Box office | $139,796 (USA) |
Hanna's War is a 1988 film co-written and directed by Menahem Golan. The film is based on The Diaries Of Hanna Senesh and the biographical novel A Great Wind Cometh by Yoel Palgi. It is a biopic detailing the true story of Hannah Szenes.
Plot
Hannah Senesh was a real-life Hungarian Jew who became a martyr to the cause of freedom during World War II. Though safely living in Palestine at the start of the war, Hannah volunteers to venture behind enemy lines in Europe knowing that in all likelihood, she will die. Unfortunately, she is captured, undergoing horrendous tortures before the Germans kill her.
Principal cast
Actor | Role |
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Ellen Burstyn | Katalin |
Maruschka Detmers | Hanna |
Anthony Andrews | McCormack |
Donald Pleasence | Captain Thomas Rosza |
David Warner | Captain Julian Simon |
Vincent Riotta | Yoel |
Avi Korein | Eliyahu Golomb |
Ingrid Pitt | Margit |
John Stride | Dr. Komoly |
Shimon Finkel | David Ben-Gurion |
DVD and VHS availability
Although the film has not been released on DVD, the VHS version is available for sale at sites such as Amazon.com.[1]
References
- ^ "Hanna's War Video". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-02-28.