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Uniform Shell Cocoon - Military service in Israel

Documentary. Like in no other country in the world, living in Israel is threatened by permanent, mostly militant conflicts with the surrounding countries. This documentary shows the implications resulting for both young Israeli men and women: The military service requires an abrupt growing up because of the confrontation with great responsibility, violence and death. Four young Israelis report of their experiences, showing how interwoven military and “normality” are in Israel. Thereby, an insight is given on the complex and sometimes ambivalent perception of the young Israelis of this formative time of their...

Director : Nina Bittcher, Jean-Philipp Baeck

Production Year : 2009

Duration : 52

Language : English, German

נגיעות - תולדות המשפחות קליין ופולק

Production Year : 2009

Duration : 29

Language : Hebrew

Road to Liberty

Based on archival footages, the story of the Jewish Brigade, focusing on its activities in North Africa and Italy.

Director : Eugene Lourie

Production Year : 1946

Duration : 13

Language : English

The Story of the Jewish Brigade

The story of the Jewish Brigade through archive footages and interviews. With Shlomo Shamir, Chanan Greenwald, Zvi Brenner, Yaacov Pnini.

Production Year : 1993

Duration : 31

Language : English

נשים במלחמה - הכי רחוק שאפשר, פרק 7

הסדרה מגוללת את סיפורן של בחורות יהודיות אשר התגייסו לצבאות השונים במלחמת העולם השנייה, כדי לתרום את חלקן למאמץ המלחמתי למיגור האויב הנאצי.

Director : יעל קיפר זרצקי

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 35

Language : Hebrew

Jewish War Heroes of British Armed Forces

This 30 minute film was commissioned out of respect for the tremendous numbers of Jews who fought and fell for Crown and Country. Story begins with battles against the French in 1759, followed by Trafalgar and Waterloo. 55,000 British Jews fought in World War 1. We recount their courage with rarely seen archive film. In World War 2, British Jews fought in disproportionate numbers to their small population: 60,000 of the country’s 360,000 Jewish citizens. That’s one sixth of all British Jews. This film captures the living testimonies of ex-servicemen and women.

Director : Jeremy Wootliff

Production Year : 2007

Duration : 30

Language : English

The Young Lions

Feature film. The destiny of three soldiers during World War II. Marlon Brando, as the German officer Christian Diestl, approves less and less of the war. The American soldiers are portraied by Motgomri Clift and Dean Martin. Jewish-American Noah Ackerman (Clift ) deals with anti-Semitism at home and in the army while Brodway entertainer Michael Whiteacre (Martin) transforms from playboy to hero, The film was nominated for three Oscars. Based on the novel by Irwin Shaw.

Director : Edward Dmytryk

Production Year : 1958

Duration : 167

Language : English

Hiler's Jewish Soldiers

“Hitler’s Jewish Soldier”, a documentary directed by Larry Price, is presented on the program “Mabat Sheny” on Israel’s Channel One. The film tells the stories of those who were identified as Jews or half-Jews by the Nazis and deals with their dilemma of being forced to choose between going to their death and serving in the Wehrmacht against the Red Army. Includes testimonies and archival material. Participants: Werner Goldberg, Hans Girt Falkenberg, Helmut Kopp, Ephraim Glazer, Arno Shpitz, all Jewish soldiers who served in the Wehrmacht; Dr. David Bankier, The Research Institute, Yad Vashem;...

Director : Larry S. Price

Production Year : 2002

Duration : 58

Saving Private Ryan

Set during the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II, Saving Private Ryan presents a fictional search for a paratrooper of the United States 101st Airborne Division. While this part of the plot is a work of fiction, the premise is very loosely based on the real-life case of the Niland brothers. This film is particularly notable for the intensity of its opening 24 minutes, which depict the Omaha beachhead assault of June 6, 1944. Saving Private Ryan was well received by audiences and garnered considerable critical acclaim, winning several awards for film, cast and crew.

Director : Steven Spielberg

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 163

Language : English

Journey to Justice

Documentary film of Howard Heinz' journey to contemporary Germany with his two sons. Heinz, who is Jewish, succeeded in escaping Nazi Germany just before the outbreak of World War II, although his parents were sent to the gas chambers in Auschwitz. Heinz served in the US Armed Forces and filmed the liberation of Buchenwald with a small camera he had. After the war, he was recruited as a translator at the Nuremburg Trials. This subtly powerful film includes archival footage, stills and documents, as well as testimonies. Narrated by Heinz' son.

Director : Steve Palackdharry

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 106

Language : English

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