The Kastner Trial
This three-part television courtroom drama series is based on one of the most controversial trials in Israel’s history. In 1944 Dr Yisrael Kastner, a member of the committee for the rescue of Hungarian Jewry, succeeded in saving the lives of 1,685 Jews by gaining permission for them to leave Budapest. A decade later he was accused of collaborating with the Nazis and was assassinated. Focusing on the courtroom procedures of 1954–5, as well as on the private lives of the protagonists, and drawing on court proceedings and interviews, the drama deconstructs the narrative of the Holocaust, bringing out issues such as the ineffective policy of the Zionist leadership regarding the Holocaust and the morally ambivalent stance of the survivors.
Year: 1994
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
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Cast: Ya'akov Alperin, Avigail Ariely, Idit Gideon Ben-Eliyahu, Sasson Gabai, Yosef Carmon, Alexander Peleg
Crew: Uri Barbash (Director), Motti Lerner (Writer), Yossi Basson (Producer), Zlata Razdolina (Original Music Composer), Moni Shem-Tov (Director of Photography), Rachel Yagil (Editor)
First Air Date: Nov 07, 1994
Last Air date: Nov 21, 1994
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 3 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 9.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 1.1701
Language: Hebrew
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