Exodus 1947

Name: Exodus 1947
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1997-07-06
Duration: 56 min
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Murray Aronoff, Ike Aronowitz, David Ben-Gurion, Eli Bergman, Moe Bernstein

The ship that launched a nation

19970h 56m

Documentary

Ratist Community Rating

8.0

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Exodus 1947 is a one hour PBS documentary narrated by Morley Safer with a score by Ilan Rechtman. The Exodus 1947 voyage acted as a catalyst in forming the new State of Israel. The documentary focuses on clandestine and "illegal" American efforts to finance and crew the most infamous of ten American ships that attempted to bring Jewish refugees to Palestine.

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StatusReleased

Release Date1997-07-06

DirectorElizabeth Rodgers, Robby Henson

ScreenplayRobby Henson, Elizabeth Rodgers

StudioMaryland Public Television