A Wall in Jerusalem (1968)
Synopsis
A brilliant documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years of struggle for religious freedom is vividly recorded using rare archive film footage and photographs of historic events in the development of 20th century Israel. Beginning with the Dreyfus Affair in 1894, the film covers Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism; the earliest immigration and settlements; the formation of kibbutzim; the Balfour Declaration; the rise of European anti-Semitism; the British occupation of Palestine; Arab confrontations; the United Nations resolution; the "Exodus" incident, and the Six Day War.
Release Date: 1968-11-20
Runtime: 91 minutes
Director: Frédéric Rossif
Top Cast
- Georges Descrières as Narrator (voice)
- Bérengère Dautun as Narrator (voice)
- Michel Bouquet as Narrator (citations) (voice)
- The King Abdullah as Self - First King of Jordan (archive footage)
- Edmund Allenby as Self (archive footage)
- Lord Balfour as Self (archive footage)
- David Ben-Gurion as Self (archive footage)
- Folke Bernadotte as Self (archive footage)
- Richard Burton as Narrator (English version) (voice)
- Neville Chamberlain as Self (archive footage)
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