When I found this extremely rare video in a shop, I grabbed it. It's a rare treat for somebody who loves Israel, and knows many of the locations.
But like my wife, and most other reviewers, I think that the casting was a horrible mistake. "Sabra" Israelis are not generally blond and blue eyed!
The story has been mangled - the Irgun were the real freedom fighters whilst the Hagannah were puppets (read Menachem Begin's "The Revolt" for the true story), and they rarely worked together. The bombing of the King David Hotel was well-handled, but the jailbreak is mostly fiction.
Wonderful scenery, just pretend the actors and director didn't happen.
But like my wife, and most other reviewers, I think that the casting was a horrible mistake. "Sabra" Israelis are not generally blond and blue eyed!
The story has been mangled - the Irgun were the real freedom fighters whilst the Hagannah were puppets (read Menachem Begin's "The Revolt" for the true story), and they rarely worked together. The bombing of the King David Hotel was well-handled, but the jailbreak is mostly fiction.
Wonderful scenery, just pretend the actors and director didn't happen.