A Wall in Jerusalem (1968)
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.
Cast
Georges Descrières
Narrator (voice)
Bérengère Dautun
Narrator (voice)
Michel Bouquet
Narrator (citations) (voice)
David Ben-Gurion
Self (archive footage)
Richard Burton
Narrator (English version) (voice)
Neville Chamberlain
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Édouard Daladier
Self (archive footage)
Moshe Dayan
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Eichmann
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Farouk I of Egypt
Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)Recommendations
