The Promise (2010– )

A young British girl travels to Israel/Palestine, retracing the steps of her grandfather - a British soldier stationed there in the 1940s.

Stars:

Claire Foy, Christian Cooke, Itay Tiran

4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Claire Foy	...	Erin Matthews (4 episodes, 2011)
Christian Cooke	...	Len Matthews (4 episodes, 2011)
Itay Tiran	...	Paul Meyer (4 episodes, 2011)
Katharina Schüttler	...	Clara Rosenbaum (4 episodes, 2011)
Haaz Sleiman	...	Omar Habash (4 episodes, 2011)
Ali Suliman	...	Abu-Hassan Mohammed (4 episodes, 2011)
Perdita Weeks	...	Eliza Meyer (4 episodes, 2011)
Ben Miles	...	Max Meyer (4 episodes, 2011)
Smadi Wolfman	...	Leah Meyer (4 episodes, 2011)
Holly Aird	...	Chris Matthews (4 episodes, 2011)
Hiam Abbass	...	Old Jawda (4 episodes, 2011)
Lucas Gregorowicz	...	Captain Richard Rowntree (4 episodes, 2011)
Luke Allen-Gale	...	Corporal Jackie Clough (4 episodes, 2011)
Iain McKee	...	Sergeant Hugh Robbins (4 episodes, 2011)
Paul Anderson	...	Sergeant Frank Nash (4 episodes, 2011)
Max Deacon	...	Private Alec Hyman (4 episodes, 2011)
Pip Torrens	...	Major John Arbuthnot (4 episodes, 2011)
Ben Batt	...	Private Derek Toogood (4 episodes, 2011)
Colin Harris	...	Private Raymond Atkinson (4 episodes, 2011)
Amir Najjar	...	Hassan (4 episodes, 2011)
Fatma Yahia	...	Samira (4 episodes, 2011)
Mahmud Abu-Jazi	...	Abu-Yousef (4 episodes, 2011)
Raida Adon	...	Adiva (4 episodes, 2011)
Shai Egozi	...	IDF Commander (4 episodes, 2011)
Ulrich Noethen	...	Leo Rosenbaum (4 episodes, 2011)
Yvonne Catterfeld	...	Ziphora (4 episodes, 2011)
Yair Rubin	...	Immanuel Katz (4 episodes, 2011)
Maria Zreik	...	Young Jawda (4 episodes, 2011)
Guy Loel	...	Avram Klein (4 episodes, 2011)
Tarik Kopty	...	Abdul-Basir (4 episodes, 2011)
Tomer Offner	...	Yaron (4 episodes, 2011)
Khulud Abu Lasen	...	Khulud (4 episodes, 2011)
Loai Nofi	...	Hamid (4 episodes, 2011)
Noa Kooler	...	Sal'it (4 episodes, 2011)
Mark Spalding	...	Police Sergeant Phipps (4 episodes, 2011)
Amir Haddad	...	Khalid Habash (4 episodes, 2011)
Liam Evans-Ford	...	Private Miggs (4 episodes, 2011)
Lana Zreik	...	Rabab (4 episodes, 2011)
Adam Kotz	...	Jewish Brigade Major (4 episodes, 2011)
Jamil Khoury	...	Kareem (4 episodes, 2011)
Ayala Lipshitz	...	Jewish Refugee on Beach (4 episodes, 2011)
Roy Assaf	...	IDF Checkpoint Conscript (4 episodes, 2011)
Firas Khoury	...	Palestinian Father (4 episodes, 2011)
Mati Atlas	...	Demonstration Ringleader (4 episodes, 2011)
Eyal Rozales	...	Yaakov Maazel (4 episodes, 2011)
John Warnaby	...	Colonel Henry Reid (4 episodes, 2011)
Ilan Ganani	...	Jewish Man From House (4 episodes, 2011)
Michal Rubin	...	Jewish Woman from House (4 episodes, 2011)
Martin Delaney	...	Operation Bulldog Paratrooper (4 episodes, 2011)
Benny Eldar	...	Nathan Filer (4 episodes, 2011)
Alon Dahan	...	Hebron Heckler (4 episodes, 2011)
Ygal Resnik	...	Mikhail (4 episodes, 2011)
Eva Huri		(4 episodes, 2011)
Yoram Yosephberg	...	Irgun Fighter in Deir Yassin (4 episodes, 2011)
Martin Blakelock	...	Military Policeman (4 episodes, 2011)
Salim Dau	...	Ahmed Abu El-Haija (4 episodes, 2011)
Jonathan Baynard	...	British Soldier & Israeli Soldier (3 episodes, 2011)

Storyline

A young British girl travels to Israel/Palestine, retracing the steps of her grandfather - a British soldier stationed there in the 1940s.

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Gelobtes Land

Filming Locations:

Acre, Israel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daybreak Pictures, Stonehenge Films, Lama Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Great mini Series, much of it based on actual events.

Some of the reviewers obviously based their rating on their personal political stance. There is a reason that this time period and the events covered in this series are very seldom the topic of film or television. Inevitably it makes the Jews look bad. After all, it was the Jews that were invading. The Arabs were defending their homes. This is not a popular subject these days. All credit to the producers and staff of this series for their courageous efforts. Having gotten that out of the way, the series held my interest, entertained me, and motivated me to further research on the time and place dealt with. In my view, this makes it worthy of praise no matter how many people try to discredit it and lower the viewer rating.