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Status
Released
Release
1983
Runtime
1h 40m
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"They encouraged her independence. They let her speak. They thought no one would listen. But her questions could bring down the country."
Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman's beliefs are challenged when she's appointed to the defense of Selim Bakri. Kaufman, born in the United States to survivors of the Holocaust, has always accepted Israel's right to exist. However, she bears witness to some of its sovereign costs when she meets Bakri, a dispossessed Palestinian man facing serious criminal charges who wants the same thing as his supposed enemies: to reclaim his family home.
37 Cast Members
Jill Clayburgh
Hanna Kaufman
Jean Yanne
Victor Bonnet
Gabriel Byrne
Joshué Herzog
David Clennon
Ammon
Shimon Finkel
Professor Leventhal
Oded Kotler
The Stranger
Michal Bat-Adam
Russian Woman
Dafna Levy
Dafna
Dan Muggia
Allenby Bridge Captain
Robert Sommer
President of the Court
Ronald Guttman
Warden
Bruno Corazzari
President of the Court
Amnon Kapeliouk
Judge
Dalik Wollinitz
Check Point Sergeant
Luca Barbareschi
Young Lawyer
Gideon Amir
Court Lawyer
William Berger
German Journalist
Murray Gronwall
Jail Interpreter
Cyrus Elias
Jail Parlor Guard
Izviad Arad
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