Summary
In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
Where to watch
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+21)
Critics 35Audiences 56GoodWatch 44
Metascore36
Tomatometer33%
IMDb6.1
Audience score59%
User score4.7
Running time
1 h 40 min
Shorter than most war movies, −18 min on the typical 118
typical 118100Half of all war movies run 103–135 min.
Reach
Streams in 13 countries
+3Released
2002
May 22, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
WarDramaLanguage
Hebrew
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicGermanPolishRussianYiddishMade in
Israel
France
Italy
Rated
- NRUnited States
15 of 15
Andrei KashkerYanush
Moni MoshonovKlibanov
Yussuf Abu-WardaThe Arab Man
Helena YaralovaRossa
Sendi BarYardena
Juliano Mer-KhamisMoussa- MLMenachem LangMenachem
- TRTomer RussoMilek
Liron LevoGideon- RHRoman HazanowskiRoman
- DSDalia ShachafDalia
- KBKeren Ben RafaelIsha
- SCSasha ChernichovskySacha
- RSRawda SuleimanJaffra
- GAGal AltschulerYgal
Directing · 3
- Amos Gitai Director, Screenplay
- Sari Turgeman Script Supervisor
- Raanan Tessler First Assistant Director
Writing · 5
- Marie-Jose Sanselme Screenplay
- Marc Weitzmann Co-Writer
- Haim Hazaz Co-Writer
- Mordechai Goldhecht Co-Writer
- Taufik Zayad Co-Writer
Production · 16
- Laurent Truchot Producer
- Ilan Moscovitch Casting
- Valerio De Paolis Associate Producer
- Michel Propper Associate Producer
- Rivka Gitai Researcher
- Michael Tapuach Associate Producer
Camera · 5
- Giorgos Arvanitis Director of Photography
- Floris Sybesma Steadicam Operator
- Vladimir Truchovski Second Assistant Camera
- Noam Eisenberg Key Grip
- Miki Denyami First Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Alex Claude Editor, Sound Designer
- Kobi Netanel Editorial Coordinator, Editor
Sound · 10
- David Darling Original Music Composer
- Manfred Eicher Original Music Composer
- Cyril Holtz Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Nicolas Becker Foley
- Michel Kharat Sound Engineer, Sound
- Philippe Amouroux Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 6
- Eytan Levy Production Design
- Eitan Levi Art Direction
- Amiram Lichter Construction Buyer
- Yoav Dahari Set Designer
- Eyal Elhadad Property Master
- Erez Goldfarb Props
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Laura Sheim Dinulescu Costume Design
- Ziv Katanov Makeup Artist, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Other crew · 3
- Gadi Levy Marine Coordinator
- Pini Klavir Special Effects Coordinator
- Alona Barer Production Controller
More like this
Same genre
More war movies
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
GoodWatch score 90 - The Pianist (2002)
GoodWatch score 88 - Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
GoodWatch score 90 - 300 (2007)
GoodWatch score 66 - Tropic Thunder (2008)
GoodWatch score 71 - The Deer Hunter (1978)
GoodWatch score 85 - Downfall (2004)
GoodWatch score 85 - LA BOLA NEGRA (2026)
GoodWatch score 83