During WW2 Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine, volunteers to go behind enemy lines to rescue Jews from deportation to death camps.
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| Ellen Burstyn | ... | Katalin | |
| Maruschka Detmers | ... | Hanna | |
| Anthony Andrews | ... | McCormack | |
| Donald Pleasence | ... | Captain Thomas Rosza | |
| David Warner | ... | Captain Julian Simon | |
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Vincent Riotta | ... | Yoel (as Vincenzo Ricotta) |
| Christopher Fairbank | ... | Ruven | |
| Robert Jacks | ... | Peretz (as Rob Jacks) | |
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Serge El-Baz | ... | Tony |
| Eli Gorenstein | ... | Aba | |
| Joe El Dror | ... | Yonah | |
| Ingrid Pitt | ... | Margit | |
| Jon Rumney | ... | Uncle Egon | |
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Magda Faluhelyi | ... | Aunt Ella |
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Emma Lewis | ... | Cousin Evi |
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At the beginning of World War Two 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. Written by nufs68
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21 September 1988 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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$20,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$139,796Company Credits
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Helena Bonham Carter was set to play the lead role, but dropped out when the original director was removed from the project. See more »Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Cocoon: The Return/Full Moon in Blue River/Scrooged/Hanna's War/Buster (1988) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I find this movie the best movie I have ever seen, because it reflects the inner strength of a young girl during the second world war. The movie is impressive, not least because it actually happened. It reminds me of the story of Anne Frank.