free admission
Wednesday, 17 August 2005 | 18:00
Sunday, 21 August 2005 | 18:00
Avanti Popolo
Israel 1986
Directed by Raphi Bukaee
84 min. Hebrew with English subtitles
With Salim Dau, Tuvya Gelber, Suhel Hadad, Michael Koresh, Barry Langford, Muhammed Manadre, Dani Roth, Amos Shochat, Dani Segev, Shalom Shmuelov, Rami Stern, Dani Turgeman.
Music: Uri Ofir
June 1967. The UN has declared a ceasefire between Israel and Egypt. During the final hours of the Six-Day War four Egyptian soldiers are withdrawing from battle. One of them is wounded and dies on the way. Another refuses to accept that the fighting is over and wants to continue his own personal war against Israel. He is killed by his brother-in-arms Hassan in the course of an altercation. Hassan and Khalid, an actor, set out on the arduous trek from the Sinai Desert to the Suez Canal. On the way they experience absurd and tragic events.
Film Programme
Accompanying the exhibition The New Hebrews. A Century of Art in Israel is a programme of films in the Kinosaal of the Martin-Gropius-Bau that has been running since Wednesday, 25 May 2005. Israeli films from the 1960s up to the present (2003) provide a wide-ranging review of the history of Israeli cinema. The programme has been organized with the kind support of the Jerusalem Cinematheque.