ID

FBW000153      Fiction

Country / Year

France / Israel, 1964

Original Title

L'heure de la vérité / The Hour of Truth / Sha'at Ha'Emet

Other Title(s)

Sha'at Emet

Directed by

Henri Calef

Produced by

Noy Films Ltd. / Jad Films

Staff

Producer: Meir Magen, Yoel Neuman; Script: Maurice Clavel, Edgar Morin, Henri Calef; Dialogues: Edgar Morin; Camera: Claude Renoir, Jean Collomb; Editing: Marie-Christine Dijon, Henri Calef; Sound: Pierre-Louis Calvet, M. Calba; Music: Henri Sauget

Cast

Karlheinz Böhm (als: Carl Heinz Boehm); Brett Halsey; Corinne Marchand; Michèlle Girardon; Daniel Gélin; André Oumansky; Rina Ganor; Misha Asherov; Abraham Ben Josef; Ninette Dinar; Tikva Mor; Alex Peled

Length

90'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

An Ex-Nazi officer disguises himself as a Jew and moves to Israel under an assumed name. His secret is discovered by a young sociologist who came to Israel to interview survivors of a Nazi concentration camp.

Subject Terms

Survivors of the Holocaust; Israel; National Socialists

Bibliography

- Abraham F. Rad Jewish Film Archives (Hg.): Filmography. Catalogue of Jewish Films in Israel. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1972