A Wall in Jerusalem

Story

Synopsis

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

Albert Knobler, Frédéric Rossif

Writers

Joseph Kessel, Frédéric Rossif

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

20 November 1968

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Georges Descrières

  Narrator (voice)

• 

  Bérengère Dautun

  Narrator (voice)

• 

  Michel Bouquet

  Narrator (citations) (voice)

• The King Abdullah

  Self - First King of Jordan (archive footage)

• Edmund Allenby

  Self (archive footage)

• Lord Balfour

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  David Ben-Gurion

  Self (archive footage)

• Folke Bernadotte

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  Richard Burton

  Narrator (English version) (voice)

• 

  Neville Chamberlain

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  Winston Churchill

  Self (archive footage)

• Allan Cunningham

  Self (archive footage)