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TechnoTV - Long Way Home
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Manufacturer: Thomson Productions
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Edward Asner, Sean Astin, Martin Landau, Miriam Margolyes
Directed By: Mark Jonathan Harris
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781577422655
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 1577422651
Label: Thomson Productions
Manufacturer: Thomson Productions
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Thomson Productions
Release Date: 1998-06-30
Running Time: 120
Studio: Thomson Productions
Theatrical Release Date: 1997-09-19
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Summary: After the happy ending
Comment: Much has been said of the Holocaust, but these stories usually end with the liberation of the Jews from the concentration camps. This remarkable documentary fills in the missing piece between this period and the creation of the state of Israel. It was an excruciatingly difficult transition. From the concentration camps, the Jews went to displaced persons camp because they could not return to their old ways of life. These camps were scarcely an improvement. As one survivor states, "The Nazis killed us, but the Allies do not let us live." Anti-Semitic feelings remained strong among the people of surrounding countries as well as the ranks of the Allies themselves. The Jews began to work toward a homeland and many survivors made the difficult journey to Palestine, only to be blocked by the British, who still administrated that land in these final years of their colonial empire, and sent to still other camps on the island of Cyprus. The film also covers the debate in the United Nations concerning Israel, the strong support from U.S. President Harry Truman despite ambivalence among his Cabinet, and the opposition of the Arabs.
Featuring incredible archival footage, fascinating interviews, and skilled actors performing the testimonies of eyewitnesses, this important film casts light on a period of world history that is often glossed over.
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Summary: Historial moving.
Comment: This video covers the period of the Jewish people in Europe from 1945 to the creation of the State of Israel. Its a moving story that few people are familiar with. It tells the story how the Jewish people after surviving the hell of the holocaust were forced to fight against the British for entry into their own homeland. I highly recommend this film.
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Summary: A long sad story
Comment: A good documentary on the period between the end of WWII and the formation of the tiny nation of Israel. No need to see feature films for drama, it is all here.
I tend to think that once WWII ended then all was well with the Jews and the other displaced persons in Europe. But that is far from the truth as this movie will show.
There is some great footage of the Exodus.
This movie is required viewing for my children of 12 and up.
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Summary: a fair look at the founding of israel
Comment: ah yes, once more a holocaust movie, this one using the darkest moment of 20th century history to justify the establishment of the modern state of israel. i will not go into the politics here, but merely rate the movie as a piece of art, by which definition it was good.
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Summary: So-so documentary
Comment: A grave documentary of the struggles of European Jews liberated from Nazi encampment to survive the isolationist aftermath of World War II. While the Allied nations strengthened their immigration laws and the survivors' formerly occupied homelands still bore the taint of anti-Semitism, the Jews were forced to live as refugees until founding the nation of Israel three years after the end of the war. I prefer movies such as Schindler's List and Anne Frank to this.
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As Allied troops liberated Nazi concentration camps in the final weeks of World War II, the trials of the Jews in Europe were hardly over. The end of the war brought extreme deprivation and even, in some places, further violence directed against survivors of the Holocaust. This documentary tells the story of the struggle European Jews faced in trying to reach Palestine, which they hoped would become the new Jewish homeland. Archival footage documents how Jews literally walked across snow-clogged mountain passes to reach the Mediterranean. In Italian ports they boarded overcrowded freighters and tried to slip past the blockage of Palestine, which was then controlled by Britain. The physical hardships were only part of the problem, and The Long Way Home does a fine job of describing the complicated political dealings that involved the United Nations, the U.S. administration of Harry Truman, and, of course, the Arab states that were hostile to the very idea of the country of Israel. Drawing on letters, diaries, and oral histories of participants, as well as interviews with Holocaust survivors and those who volunteered to help the fledgling Zionist state, an inspiring human story of courage and fortitude emerges in the course of this moving and fascinating film. --Robert J. McNamara
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