BLESSED IS THE MATCH - DVD

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: In 1944, 22-year-old Hannah Senesh parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe with a small group of Jewish volunteers from Palestine. Theirs was the only military rescue mission for Jews that occurred in World War II.; Narrated by Academy Award nominee Joan Allen, the multi-award-winning Blessed Is The Match follows the remarkable journey of this young Hungarian poet and diarist, paratrooper and resistance fighter. Told through Hannah's letters, diaries and poems, her mothers memoirs, and the recollections of those who knew and loved her (including two of her fellow parachutists), the film traces her life from her childhood in Budapest to her time in British-controlled Palestine - where she was drawn by the Kibbutz Movement that sought to build an independent Jewish state - to her daring and inspiring, Blessed Is The Match offers an intimate portrait of a singularly talented, courageous and complex girl who believed that one person could be a flame that burns brightly in even the darkest hours. ;
• Cast: Joan Allen, Alona Tal, Meri Roth, Mark Feuerstein, Marcela Nohynkova, Zdenek Kozakovic, Peter Hay, Judy Baumel-Schwartz, Michael Berenbaum, Shimon Peres, Martin Gilbert, Márta Ozoray, Magda Csécsy, Dina Schechman, Eitan Senesh, David Senesh, Aharon Megged, Surika Braverman, Laszlo Ritter, Reuven Dafni, Judith Charody, Éva Ritscher, Susan Beer, Seth Numrich, Akiva Zasman, Zdenek Astr, Gordana Ritter, Jindrich Hinke, Pavla Beretová, Andrej Polak, Zuzana Stavna, Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain
• Director: Roberta Grossman
• Runtime: 1:25
• Company: Docurama
• Media Format: Movie