ID

FBW001505      Fiction

Country / Year

Israel / USA, 1952

Original Title

Faithful City / Kirya Ne'Emana

Directed by

Joseph Leytes

Produced by

Moledet Films; for RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum) Radio Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Joseph Leytes, M. Yona Friedman; Script: Ben Barzman, Joseph Leytes; Camera: Gerald Gibbs; Editing: John D. Guthridge; Art direction: Ray Simm; Music: Eduard Ben Michael; Musical direction: Muir Mathieson; Consultant: Elias M. Epstein

Cast

Jamie Smith (Sam); Abraham Ben Josef (Davidel); John Slater (Ezra); Rachel Marcus (Sarah); Dina Peskin (Anna); Didi Ramati (Tamar); Israel Hanin (Max); Amnon Lifschitz (Willy); Juda Levi (Jean)

Length

969,9 m / 88'15'' (16mm)

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 06 Apr 1952: Copyright LP1785
- 14 Mar 1953: Preview, New York, NY

Remarks

1. In zwei (engl./hebr.) Versionen produziert.

Further Remarks

- Zusätzl. Darsteller: Kinder aus dem Jugenddorf Goldstein in Israel.

Abstract

Story of an American social worker helping to rehabilitate a group of emotionally disturbed orphans who survived the Holocaust who are living in Goldstein Youth Village in Israel during the War of Independence.

Subject Terms

Survivors of the Holocaust; Israel; Establishment of the State of Israel

Holdings

- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 35mm; hebr. Version mit engl./franz. UT
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 35mm; engl. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 35mm; engl. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 35mm; engl. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 35mm; hebr. Version
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; 35mm; engl. Version mit span. UT
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 969,9 m / 88'15''; 16mm; ? Version

Bibliography

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