Hanna's War (1988)

Director:

Menahem Golan

Writers:

Menahem Golan, Stanley Mann

Stars:

Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ellen Burstyn	...	Katalin
Maruschka Detmers	...	Hanna
Anthony Andrews	...	McCormack
Donald Pleasence	...	Captain Thomas Rosza
David Warner	...	Captain Julian Simon
Vincent Riotta	...	Yoel (as Vincenzo Ricotta)
Christopher Fairbank	...	Ruven
Rob Jacks	...	Peretz
Serge El-Baz	...	Tony
Eli Gorenstein	...	Aba
Joe El Dror	...	Yonah
Ingrid Pitt	...	Margit
Jon Rumney	...	Uncle Egon
Magda Faluhelyi	...	Aunt Ella
Emma Lewis	...	Cousin Evi

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

brave | mother | officer | sadism | women's prison | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | War

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hungarian

Release Date:

3 November 1988 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Innocent Heroes

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Box Office

Gross:

$139,796 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golan-Globus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

148 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Denholm Elliott was cut out of the final print.

User Reviews

Good story, bad direction

I'm sorry to disagree because I really love the story and the heroine. The movie tells a spectacular story. It's hard to make a movie as good as the story of Hannah Senesh, so it is understandable that it falls a bit short. It is worth watching and could be a good tool to teach children with. There is a scene or two of brutality but the honor of this young paratrooper, a model for feminism decades before there was such a thing as politically correct, comes through despite the failings of the director and writers.