Hanna's War
1988 · Movie · 148 min. · United States
At the beginning of WWI a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine volunteers to parachute behind enemy lines in German-occupied Yugoslavia to save fellow Jews from deportation to Nazi Death Camps. After she enlisted in the British Army she trained in Egypt as a paratrooper for the British Special Operations Executive. In the Spring of 1944 Hannah and a few colleagues were parachuted into Yugoslavia and joined a partisan group. Despite warnings against venturing into German-occupied Hungary Hannah insisted that she continue her mission. Arrested at the Hungarian border Hannah and her companions are sent to a special prison where she is interrogated under torture. However, Hannah refuses to reveal little more than her name.
Direction Menahem Golan
Cast Maruschka Detmers · Ellen Burstyn · Anthony Andrews · Donald Pleasence · David Warner · Vincent Riotta · Christopher Fairbank · Robert Jacks · Serge El-Baz · Eli Gorenstein · Ingrid Pitt · Rade Serbedzija · Denholm Elliott
Soundtrack Dov Seltzer
Screenplay Menahem Golan · Stanley Mann
Cinematography Elemér Ragályi
Original title Hanna's War
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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