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Exodus
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
1960 · Directed by Otto Preminger · 208 min · Drama · War · 19 frames
Tagline
The drama and the passion of one of the epic events of the twentieth century!
Crew
- Screenplay: Dalton Trumbo
- Cinematography: Sam Leavitt
- Edited by: Louis R. Loeffler
- Music: Ernest Gold
- Produced by: Otto Preminger
Cast
- Paul Newman as Ari Ben Canaan
- Eva Marie Saint as Kitty Fremont
- Ralph Richardson as Gen. Sutherland
- Peter Lawford as Maj. Caldwell
- Lee J. Cobb as Barak Ben Canaan
- Sal Mineo as Dov Landau
- John Derek as Taha
- Hugh Griffith as Mandria
- Gregory Ratoff as Lakavitch
- Felix Aylmer as Dr. Lieberman
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Otto Preminger Films, United Artists, Carlyle-Alpina, S.A.
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $20,000,000
- Themes: israel, palestinian-israeli conflict, propaganda, jewry, british army, zionism, based on true story, ethnic cleansing, historical drama, 1940s
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