Kedma
Synopsis
May 7, 1948. For six months now, battles between Jews and Arabs have been raging in Palestine. A week later, the British end their Mandate and get ready to leave the country. Ben Gourion proclaims the creation of the State of Israel. A freighter, the Kedma (To the Orient) heads for this new land. Hundreds of Holocaust survivors from all over Europe are packed into the ship. Among them are Rosa, from Russia, Janusz from Poland, and Roman who has escaped the Warsaw Ghetto. Menahem, a teenager focussed on his book of prayers, only speaks Yiddish. Stories, memories, whispers and songs abound as the ship approaches the coast.
On a beach in Palestine, Moussa and his Palmach (the secret Jewish army) fighters get ready to welcome the newcomers. A squadron of British soldiers stations itself high in the hills so as to foil this illegal landing.
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Director (1)
Actors (9)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producers : MP Productions, Agav Films
- Co-productions : MP Productions, Arte France Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Agav Hafakot, Bim Distribuzione
- Film exports/foreign sales : Celluloid Dreams
- French distribution : Mars Distribution
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Michel Propper, Alain Mamou-Mani, Laurent Truchot
- Screenwriters : Amos Gitaï, Marie-José Sanselme
- Director of Photography : Yorgos Arvanitis
- Music Composers : David Darling, Manfred Eicher
- Editor : Kobi Netanel
- Sound recordists : Michel Kharat, Alex Claude
- Costume designer : Laura Dinulescu
- Foreign Producer : Michael Tapuach
- Press Attaché (film) : Agnès Chabot
- Production Designer : Eitan Levi
- Sound Mixer : Cyril Holtz
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, Polish
- Coproducer countries : Israel, Italy, France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (Israel, Italy, France)
- Production year : 2002
- French release : 22/05/2002
- Runtime : 1 h 40 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 100.546
- Visa issue date : 24/06/2002
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
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