Documentary History

A Wall in Jerusalem (1968)

Name: A Wall in Jerusalem
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1968-11-20
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Georges Descrières, Bérengère Dautun, Michel Bouquet, The King Abdullah, Edmund Allenby

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1h 31m FR Released

Director: Albert Knobler, Frédéric Rossif

Overview

A brilliant documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years of struggle for religious freedom is vividly recorded using rare archive film footage and photographs of historic events in the development of 20th century Israel. Beginning with the Dreyfus Affair in 1894, the film covers Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism; the earliest immigration and settlements; the formation of kibbutzim; the Balfour Declaration; the rise of European anti-Semitism; the British occupation of Palestine; Arab confrontations; the United Nations resolution; the "Exodus" incident, and the Six Day War.