Hanna's War

Hanna's War is a 1988 film co-written and directed by Menahem Golan. The film is based on The Diaries of Hanna Senesh and the biographical novel A Great Wind Cometh by Yoel Palgi. It is a biopic detailing the true story of Hannah Szenes.

Hanna's War
VHS cover
Directed byMenahem Golan
Produced byMenahem Golan
Screenplay byMenahem Golan
Stanley Mann
Based onThe Diaries Of Hanna Senesh
and
A Great Wind Cometh
by Yoel Palgi
Starring
Music byCliff Eidelman
Dov Seltzer
CinematographyElemér Ragályi
Edited byAlain Jakubowicz
Dory Lubliner
Production
company
Golan-Globus Productions
Distributed byCannon Films
Release date
23 November 1988
Running time
148 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Hungarian
Budget$ 20,000,000
Box office$139,796 (USA)[1]

Plot

Hannah Senesh was a real-life Hungarian Jew who became a martyr to the cause of freedom during World War II. Though safely living in British Mandate Palestine at the start of the war, Hannah volunteers to venture behind enemy lines in Europe knowing that in all likelihood, she will die. She is captured, undergoing horrendous tortures before the Germans execute her.

Principal cast
ActorRole
Ellen BurstynKatalin
Maruschka DetmersHanna
Anthony AndrewsMcCormack
Donald PleasenceCaptain Thomas Rosza
David WarnerCaptain Julian Simon
Vincent RiottaYoel
Avi KoreinEliyahu Golomb
Ingrid PittMargit
John StrideDr. Komoly
Shimon FinkelDavid Ben-Gurion

DVD and VHS availability

Although the film has not been released on DVD, the VHS version is available for sale at sites such as Amazon.com.[2]

References
  1. Hanna's War at Box Office Mojo
  2. "Hanna's War Video". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-02-28.


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