Released:
1968-11-20

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.

Directors:
Frédéric Rossif, Albert Knobler

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
Documentary, History

• Cast:
• 
  Georges Descrières
  as
  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Bérengère Dautun
  as
  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Michel Bouquet
  as
  Narrator (citations) (voice)
• 
  The King Abdullah
  as
  Self - First King of Jordan (archive footage)
• 
  Edmund Allenby
  as
  Self (archive footage)