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May 22, 2002 · Kedma: Directed by Amos Gitai. With Andrei Kashker, Helena Yaralova, Moni Moshonov, Juliano Mer-Khamis. In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
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- Drama, History, War
- Amos Gitai
- 2002-05-22
Kedma is a 2002 Israeli film directed by Amos Gitai and starring Andrei Kashkar and Helena Yaralova. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Plot. The film is a historical tragedy set during the opening stages of Israel's 1948 War of Independence.
Rescued from a British army ambush at beachside by Palmach Jewish guerillas, the Kedma's ragged refugees are remade into soldiers expected to offer their lives to defend a nation that does not yet exist in a land they've never known.
- 94 min
Kedma. Rent Kedma on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Jewish refugees from Europe arrive in Palestine, days before the creation of the state of Israel.
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- Andrei Kashkar
- Amos Gitai
- Drama
Set seven days before the creation of the state of Israel in May 1948, a small rusted ship, transporting a group of expectant concentration camp survivors from Shoah, approaches a hostile new territory. They are met by British troops, who are shooting at them, and are trying to forbid them from...
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KEDMA follows a decade of nuanced films by Israel's most prolific and internationally renowned director, Amos Gitai. Always sensitive to Israel's complex political concerns, Gitai returns with a tough, anguished reconstruction of an episode in the founding of his nation.
Kedma. Amos Gitai, Mordechai Goldhecht, Marie-José Sanselme. Novel: Haim Hazaz. Set seven days before the creation of the state of Israel in May 1948, a small rusted ship, with a group of concentration camp survivors from Shoah, is received at the new territory with open hostility.