Hanna's War

Hanna's War
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Directed by	Menahem Golan
Produced by	Menahem Golan
Screenplay by	Menahem Golan Stanley Mann
Based on	The Diaries Of Hanna Senesh and A Great Wind Cometh by Yoel Palgi
Starring	Ellen Burstyn Maruschka Detmers Anthony Andrews Donald Pleasence David Warner
Music by	Dov Seltzer
Cinematography	Elemér Ragályi
Edited by	Alain Jakubowicz Dory Lubliner
Production company	Golan-Globus Productions
Distributed by	Cannon Films
Release dates	23 November 1988
Running time	148 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Hungarian
Budget	$ 20,000,000
Box office	$139,796 (USA)

Hanna's War is a 1988 film co-written and directed by Menahem Golan. The film is based on The Diaries Of Hanna Senesh and the biographical novel A Great Wind Cometh by Yoel Palgi. It is a biopic detailing the true story of Hannah Szenes.

Plot

Hannah Senesh was a real-life Hungarian Jew who became a martyr to the cause of freedom during World War II. Though safely living in British Mandate Palestine at the start of the war, Hannah volunteers to venture behind enemy lines in Europe knowing that in all likelihood, she will die. She is captured, undergoing horrendous tortures before the Germans execute her.

Principal cast

Actor	Role
Ellen Burstyn	Katalin
Maruschka Detmers	Hanna
Anthony Andrews	McCormack
Donald Pleasence	Captain Thomas Rosza
David Warner	Captain Julian Simon
Vincent Riotta	Yoel
Avi Korein	Eliyahu Golomb
Ingrid Pitt	Margit
John Stride	Dr. Komoly
Shimon Finkel	David Ben-Gurion

DVD and VHS availability

Although the film has not been released on DVD, the VHS version is available for sale at sites such as Amazon.com.

External links

• Hanna's War at IMDb
• Hanna's War at AllMovie
• Film trailer for Hanna's War