The Angel (2018)

True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious... See full summary »

Director:

Ariel Vromen

Writers:

David Arata, Uri Bar-Joseph (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Toby Kebbell, Marwan Kenzari, Hannah Ware

Cast

Credited cast:
Toby Kebbell	...	Danny Ben Aroya
Marwan Kenzari	...	Ashraf Marwan
Hannah Ware	...	Diana Ellis
Sasson Gabai	...	Anwar Sadat
Sapir Azulay	...	Souad
Waleed Zuaiter	...	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Tsahi Halevi	...	Gadaffi
Maisa Abd Elhadi	...	Mona Marwan
Ori Pfeffer	...	Zvi Zamir
Bern Collaço	...	Hotel Guest
Bashar Rahal	...	Advisor 1
Atanas Srebrev	...	Chemistry Professor
Karl Farrer	...	Israeli Ambassador
Ralitsa Paskaleva	...	Mossad Agent
Mali Levi	...	Natalie Ben Aroya

Storyline

True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.

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Plot Keywords:

based on true story | 

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Taglines:

In the shadow of war, one man fought for peace.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

Israel USA

Language:

Italian English Arabic Hebrew

Release Date:

14 September 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Angel

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sumatra Films, TTV Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a pub scene when Marwan leaves a meeting with Danny ("Alex"), a writing can be seen "Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship".

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Goofs

Marwan asks his wife, "I don't understand his issue with me," referring to Nassar. In 1970 no one used "issue" in the now-common sense of "I don't understand his problem with me."

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ashraf Marwan: [narrating] 1967. The Summer of Love. But can the idea of love and peace really bring about change to a world living on the edge of war? In the Middle East, long-simmering tensions are about to burst into flames.

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Soundtracks

Rarnati Bad Phone
Written by Azeddine Diani & Pat Jabbar
Performed by Kasbah Rockers feat. Shayma
Courtesy of Barraka El Farnatshi Prod.

User Reviews

A Very Watchable espionage

Surprisingly A Very Good Movie in That Genre by Netflix , I Started The movie with no High Hopes At All. But Seeing The Solid Structure Set By The Writer David Arata Who Has Previously Earned My Respect with " Children Of Men & Spy Game", I Really Got Engaged in The Movie. Notably The Use Of peccable Arabic Accent , characterization of Famous figures As Sadat& Nasser could have been an Turn Off for me , but The moderate Reasonable juggling of the Director between Drama and History of Such a Tense Period in The middle East History is efficacious. As An Egyptian , I Know The movie might get a backlash by Fellows' Accusations of Being untrue and historically inaccurate , But I Think film served both Sides Justice by Showing Them Trying To reach for peace in every Step. Even If I Really Believed that the Asharf Mawran Just Sold His Country for Money.