Beyond the Walls

Story

Synopsis

In Israel's Central Prison, the security officer is corrupt, supplying drugs and stirring the hatred between Jewish and Arab prisoners to his advantage. Uri, in for 12 years for armed robbery, and Issan, in for 50 years for PLO violence, command the respect of their cells. When the Arabs are framed for the murder of a Jewish prisoner and a young inmate commits suicide rather than lie about what happened, Uri and Issan form an unlikely partnership, leading the security block on a strike. Prison officials try to break it. In the background are Uri's daughter and Issan's wife, women of beauty and passion who embody the distance from inside a cell to the outside.

Director

Uri Barbash

Writers

Eran Preis, Benny Barbash, Uri Barbash

Language

Hebrew (modern)

Country

Israel

Release date

27 September 1984

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Arnon Zadok

  Uri

• 

  Assi Dayan

  Assaf

• Rami Danon

  Pitoosy

• Boaz Sharabi

  'Nightingale'

• Adib Jahschan

• 

  Roberto Pollack

  Yechiel

• Haim Shinar

  Hoffman

• Naffi Salach

• Yussuf Abed A'Nur

  Rashid

• Avi Abuav

  Jailer

• Ali Al'Azaari

  Hassan

• Eliezer Albala

  Gezer