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

Helena Bonham Carter was set to play the lead role, but dropped out when the original director was removed from the project.

User Reviews

Overwrought but well done

The cinematography is brilliant, some of it (the seashore scenes in Israel) visual poetry. Donald Pleasance is superb as the smiling villain, a character he has done so well in other films. But on the whole, this movie is overwrought, overly long and a bit over the top. I've seen operas where people don't take as long to die as they do here. Are these real people and is this a true story? The closing credits lead you to believe that. But I was a little suspicious. It wouldn't be the first time Hollywood has used phoney "what happened to them" capsules in the closing credits to enhance a fictional story. I'm also impressed how Hanna keeps her lipstick perfect right through basic training, a parachute jump into enemy territory, riding with the partisans and being tortured. But then thats Hollywood I guess. Overall it's quite a watchable film despite these criticisms.