Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW000434 Documentary with fiction |
Country / Year |
Palestine, 1935 |
Original Title |
This Is the Land / Zot Hi Ha'Aretz |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
Aga-Film, Tel Aviv |
Staff |
Script: Avigdor Hameiri; Music: Yaacov Levanon, Mordechai Zeira (Lieder); Songs: Emanuel Yonin Harussi, Alexander Penn; Singing: Hanna Kipnis, Joseph Goland |
Cast |
Samuel Rudensky; Raphael Klatchkin; Moshe Churgiel (als: Moshe Hurgel); Yitzhak Katz; Meir Teomi; Bezalel London; J. Lani; P. Rossi; N. Kartagi; T. Sulman; [Frau/Herr] Maler; [Frau/Herr] Neeman; [Frau/Herr] Goldenberg; [Frau/Herr] Friedman; [Frau/Herr] Sonnenberg |
Appearance |
Mordechai Lubman (?); Herbert Samuel (High-Commissioner); Meir Dizengoff (Mayor of Tel Aviv); Arthur James Balfour (Lord, Foreign Minister, GB); Henry Melchett (?) |
Length |
67' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Dates |
- 23 Feb 1935: Premiere, Tel Aviv (Mograbi) |
Abstract |
The first years of the Zionist enterprise as seen in a collage of newsreel and additionell footage. Pioneers struggle to establish settlements, while towns are built too. |
Subject Terms |
1920-1929; 1930-1939; British Mandatory Regime; Haifa; Jerusalem; Jewish Agency; Jewish National Fund; Palestine; Sports; Tel Aviv |
Holdings |
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 35mm |
Bibliography |
- S.W.: "First Hebrew Talkie 'This Is the Land'", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 11, Nr. 2884, 26.02.1935 |