Movie Description

Hanna's War

(1988)

Overview

Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a commando. After completing her training in Britain, she parachutes into Yugoslavia with a commando team to establish escape routes across the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border for downed British pilots. Her attempts to save Hungarian Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, however, leads to her capture, torture and demise at the hands of the Gestapo and the Nazi-controlled Hungarian police.

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Original TitleHanna's War

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1988-04-14

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 02h 28m

Production CompaniesGolan-Globus Productions,The Cannon Group

Genres

  • Drama
  • War