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Drama directed by Menahem Golan about Hannah Szenes the Israeli paratrooper and poet whose character was a symbol of the volunteerism of the Hebrew yishuv in the struggle against the Nazis. The film script is based on the diaries of Szenes (as edited by Yoel Palgi in his book "A Great Spirit Comes").*

results.listIds.director : Menahem Golan

results.listIds.year : 1988

results.listIds.duration : 150

results.listIds.lang : English

Occasional Spies

A docu drama. A Second World War less-known story about ordinary people recruited by British Intelligence and sent in a mission in German-occupied Eastern Europe, to find escape routes for the Allies’ war prisoners and organize the resistance. In the spring of 1944, the fate of many Allied pilots who fell in Eastern Europe was unknown. The MI9 office in Cairo decides to recruit agents from among the Zionists who had emigrated from these countries to Palestine before the war. Their mission was to find the prisoners and organize a potential escape.

results.listIds.director : Oana Giurgiu

results.listIds.year : 2021

results.listIds.duration : 119

results.listIds.lang : English