Main Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews, Donald Pleasence, David Warner
Release Year: 1988
Country: US
Run Time: 148 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Maruschka Detmers stars as Hannah Senesh, a real-life Hungarian Jew who became a martyr to the cause of freedom during WW II. Though safely ensconced in Palestine at the outbreak of the war, Hannah volunteers to venture behind enemy lines in Europe on a life-or-death mission. Unfortunately, she is captured, undergoing unspeakable tortures before the Germans are finished with her. The script, based on Hannah's diaries (as edited by Yoel Palgi), surprisingly downplays heroics in favor of sensationalism; the prison scenes could just as well have been lifted from a Linda Blair "babes behind bars" picture. Even so, Detmers is excellent in the title role, while Ellen Burstyn is likewise superb as Hannah's mother. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Vincenzo Ricotta - Yoel Palgi; Christopher Fairbanks - Ruven Dafne; Rob Jacks - Peretz Goldstein; Serge El-Baz - Tony; Eli Gorenstein - Aba Berdichev; Josef El-Dror - Yonah Rosen; Rade Serbedzija - Captain Ivan; Dorota Stalinska - Maritza; George Dillon - Milenko; Teri Tordai - Baroness Hatvany; Yehuda Efroni - Sandor; Agi Margitai; John Stride - Dr. Komoly; Patrick Monkton - Kalosh; Jeff Gerner - Lt. Colonel Simmonds; Shimon Finkel - Ben Gurion; Ingrid Pitt - Margit; John Rumney - Uncle Egon; Magda Faluhelyi - Aunt Ella; Emma Lewis - Cousin Evi; Russell Porter - George; Patsy Byrne - Rosie; Noel Davis; Denholm Elliott; Miodrag Krivokapic - Col. Ilya; Agi Margittay - Professor Ravas; Rami Baruch - Enzo Sireni; Balazs Blasko - Male Secretary; Laura Bokonyi - Female Prisoner; Peter Czajkowski - Andy; Magda Darvas - Female Prisoner; Tamas Farkas - Hotel Clerk; Gyorgy Gonda - German Officer; Nigel Hastings - Jancsi; Istvan Hunyadkurthy - Smuggler; Jozsef Imcze - Hungarian Policeman; Avi Koren - Eliyahu Golomb; Arpad Ladanyi - Jewish Refugee; Istvan Lakatos - Detective; Jozsef Lakky - Ticket Clerk; Barry Langford - Air Commodore Hadley; Miklos Nagy - Detective; Zsuzsa Palos - Female Prisoner; Csaba Pethes - Porter; Tamas Philippovich - Andras; Imre Szalai - Sergeant; Mordechai Tenenbaum - Avigur; Gábor Váradi - Young Sergeant; Jon Varady - Guard; Terez Varhegyi - Marietta; Jeremy Zimmerman
Credit
Tivadar Bertalan - Art Director, Michael Japhet - Art Director, Tibor Nell - Art Director, Carlos Gil - Associate Producer, Noel Davis - Casting, Jeremy Zimmerman - Casting, Yoram Globus - Co-producer, Menahem Golan - Co-producer, John Mollo - Costume Designer, Miguel Gil - First Assistant Director, Menahem Golan - Director, Carlos Gil - Second Unit Director, Alain Jakubowicz - Editor, Dov Seltzer - Composer (Music Score), Christine Allsopp - Makeup, Vered Hochman Shubert - Makeup, Kuli Sander - Production Designer, Elemer Ragalyi - Cinematographer, Itzhak Kol - Production Manager, Rony Yacov - Producer, Fred Carter - Set Designer, Gabor Budahazy - Special Effects, Fereni Habtetler - Special Effects, Moshe Klugman - Special Effects, Alon Meir - Special Effects, Nany Rosenstein - Special Effects, Tamas Pinter - Stunts, Menahem Golan - Screenwriter, Stanley Mann - Screenwriter, Ron Hitchcock - Re-Recording Mixer, Yoel Palgi - Book Author
