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A drama about two brothers who meet by chance at Mauthausen concentration camp. One is a prisoner, the other an SS guard. The prisoner finds out that all the prisoners are to be executed before the Russians reach the camp. He manages to escape, but in an attempt to join the Soviet forces, he shot by his own brother.

Director : Edwin Zbonek

Production Year : 1963

Duration : 88

Language : German

Waves of Freedom

Recruited in 1947 by the Haganah to break the British naval blockade of Palestine, Paul Kaye and twenty-five other American recruits set sail in a dilapidated ship, “The Tradewinds,” from Baltimore to Palestine. Along the way, they picked up 1,500 displaced persons in Italy in the dead of night, and engaged in a naval battle with three British warships. And that is just the beginning of their astounding true story, upon which the award-winning novel and film Exodus was based. Through poignant, insightful, colorful and sometimes humorous interviews, interspersed with historic footage, the filmdocuments the...

Director : אלן רוזנטל

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 53

Language : English, Hebrew