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ith the cold winter months upon us,
what else is there to do in Michigan
beside_s cozy up with a good Jewish
movie on video?.
Here is Part I of a two-week listing
of some highlights of what is out there
— some more easily accessible than oth-
ers, but all attainable if you try hard
enough. Whether you're looking for Jew-
ish history, a musical or plain-old fun, this
should get you started. Now, if only we could get
the video stores to deliver.
In next week's issue, look for Part II of this com-
pilation, plus a listing of resources that have hard-
to-find films available for sale or rent.
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ISRAEL (made in or about Israel)
Beyond the Walls 1984. Directed by Uri Bar-
bash. With Arnon Zadok. Explores the relation-
ship between Israeli and Arab convicts in an
Israeli prison.
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Ben-Hur 195 9. Directed by William Wyler. With
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins,
Sam Jaffe. The classic epic of the
Palestinian Jew battling the Ro-
man Empire.
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A collection of
films with,
about or made
by Jews,
available on
video.
LYNNE KONSTANTIN
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
David and Bathsheba 1951.
Directed by Henry King. With
Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward.
Epic of the Hebrew king and his
adulterous affair.
Double Edge 1992. Directed by
Amos Kollek. With Faye Dun-
away, Amos Kollek. An Ameri-
can reporter becomes involved
with Palestinian intifada lead-
ers while reporting on affairs in
Jerusalem.
Drifting 1982. Directed by
Amos Guttman. With Jonathan
Sagalle, Ami Traub. A gay film-
maker in Jerusalem.
Every Time We Say Goodbye
1986. Directed by Moshe
Mizrahi. With Torn Hanks, Christina Marsillach.
The family of a Sephardic girl objects to her af-
fair with an American flyboy in 1942.
Exodus 1960. Directed by Otto Preminger. With
Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb.
Written by blacklisted writer Dalton Trtunbo
from Leon Uris' novel, the film documents the
concentration camp refugees and the growth
of a Jewish homeland following World War II.
Goodbye New York 1985.
Directed by Amos Kollek.
With Julie Haggerty, Amos
Kollek. Jewish yuppie on
vacation in Israel finds her-
self stranded and penniless,
then adapts to life on a 1db-
butz and romance with a
soldier.
Hamsin 1983. Directed by
Daniel Wachsman. With
Shlomo Tarshish, Yasjin
Shawap. Relations between
a Jew and an Arab become
difficult with governmental
plans of confiscating Arab
land.
Hill 24 Doesn't Answer
1955. Directed by Thorold
Dickinson. With Edward
Mulhare, Haya Harareet.
The first Israeli feature
film. Existentialist Zionist
soldiers ponder life and
their cause.
The House on Chelouche Street 1973. Di-
rected by Moshe Mizrahi. With Gila Almagor,
Michal Bat-Adam. A young Egyptian-Jewish im-
migrant attempts to support his family in pre-Is-
rael Palestine.
The Impossible Spy 1987. Directed by Jim God-
dard. With John Shea, Eli Wallach, Michal Bat-
Adam. True story of an unassuming Israeli who
doubled as a spy in Syria. Made for cable.
Kazablan 1974. Directed by Menahem Golan.
With Yehoram Gaon. Musical made in Old Jaffa
and Jerusalem, based on the play.
King David 1985. Directed by Bruce Beresford.
With Richard Gere, Alice Krige. The struggles of
the king.
The Last Winter 1984.
Directed by Riki Shelach.
With Kathleen Quinlan,
Yona Elian. An American
woman searches for her
husband, who disappeared
in the Yom Kippur War.
Little Drummer Girl
iTr- 1984. Directed by George
- Roy Hill. With Diane
Keaton, Klaus Kinski.
E2 Based on John Le Carre's
novel of an actress re-
cruited to ensnare a ter-
rorist leader in Israel.
Masada 1981. Directed by
Boris Sagal. With Peter
O'Toole, Peter Strauss.
Based on Ernest K Garm's
novel The Antagonists, this
epic recreates the Roman
siege of the Jewish free-
dom fighters' fortress.
My Michael 1971. Directed by Dan Wolman.
With Efrat Lavie, Oded Kotler. Based on the Amos
Oz novel of a young woman in late 1950s
Jerusalem.
Noa at Seventeen 1982. Directed by Isaac
Yeshurun. With Dalia Shimko, Idit Zur. The sto-
ry of a young girl in 1951 Israel.
Operation Thunderbolt 1977. Directed by Men-
achem Golan. With Yehoram Gaon, Assaf Dayan,
Klaus Kinski. Depiction of the 1976 raid on En-
tebbe; makes use of much information not avail-
able to American filmmakers.
Sallah 1963. Directed by Ephraim Kishon. With
Chaim Topol, Geula Noni. Award-winning film