Language:
Hebrew
Pages:
90 Min.
Year of publication:
2006
Abstract:
The film unfolds a story never told before, of the thousand Viennese Jews on the banks of the Danube, in the winter of 1941, waiting to be sentenced to life or death by their would-be rescuer, senior Mossad agent Ruth, and fellow agents in a hotel room in Istanbul. Originally, Nachum Laufer, intended to tell the story of how he fled from Europe with his mother. However, during research work, he came across the story of another woman, Ruth Kliger "The Lady of the Mossad". His research takes us on a painful and complex journey through history of the Jewish settlement in Palestine-before WW II. It is also a story within a story; weaving the father's account of Ruth with the moral dilemma she faced dramatically reconstructed by actors, in an attempt to understand one heroine, against the backdrop of a painful historical episode. Director: Erez Laufer, Screenplay: Nachum Laufer, Director of photography: Yaron Sharf, Erez Laufer, Editor: Miri Laufer, Music composer: Yehuda Poliker, Drama producer: Orly Feldhaim. The film is supported by: The 2nd Autority for Television and Radio, Jerusalem The New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television National Fund of the Republic of Austria For Victims of National Socialism Yosi Harel Foundation.
Note:
engl. Untertitel
URL:
http://www.thedariendilemma.com/
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