The read
The series ran 1 season across 3 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
This three-part television courtroom drama series is based on one of the most controversial trials in Israel’s history. In 1944 Dr Yisrael Kastner, a member of the committee for the rescue of Hungarian Jewry, succeeded in saving the lives of 1,685 Jews by gaining permission for them to leave Budapest. A decade later he was accused of collaborating with the Nazis and was assassinated. Focusing on the courtroom procedures of 1954–5, as well as on the private lives of the protagonists, and drawing on court proceedings and interviews, the drama deconstructs the narrative of the Holocaust, bringing out issues such as the ineffective policy of the Zionist leadership regarding the Holocaust and the morally ambivalent stance of the survivors.
Ratings
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Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 3 ep1994 |
Key crew
- Uri BarbashDirector
- Motti LernerWriter
- Zlata RazdolinaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ya'akov AlperinCast
- Avigail ArielyCast
- Idit Gideon Ben-EliyahuCast
- Sasson GabaiIsrael (Rudolf/Reszo) Kastner
- Yosef CarmonAtty. Gen. Haim Cohen
- Alexander PelegShmuel Hirsch
- Yona ElianHanzi Brand
- Ruth GellerKatarina Szenes
- Yoram HattabAttorney Marinsky
- Ohad ShaharAttorney Shmuel Tamir
- Ilan DarJudge Binyamin Halvei
- Anatol ConstantinRabbi Freudiger