Judith
Cast & Crew
Daniel Mann
Sophia Loren
Peter Finch
Jack Hawkins
Hans Verner
Zharira Charifai
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Palestine in 1948, the last year of the British mandate and the eve of Israeli independence, leaders of the new state realize that the surrounding Arab countries will attack them as soon as British troops withdraw. Gustav Schiller, a tank expert formerly with Hitler's Afrika Korps, is helping to plan the Arab attack, but the Israelis do not know what he looks like or where in the Middle East he is to be found. Israeli intelligence learns that Schiller's former wife, Judith, is still alive in Europe. Because she was Jewish, Schiller betrayed her to the Nazis, and she and her son were sent to a concentration camp where they became separated. Judith survived, with revenge against Schiller her only purpose in life. Led by Aaron Stein, the Israelis smuggle Judith into Israel to help them identify and capture Schiller, whom they hope to force to reveal the Arab plan of attack. Through Lawton, a British major, Judith learns that Schiller is in Damascus. She goes there with a group of Israelis, and they capture him. But Judith's personal hatred overcomes her, and she shoots Schiller, thereby endangering the mission. The wounded man is taken into Palestine and nursed at a kibbutz, but, despite all threats, he refuses to talk. When the enemy attack begins, however, Schiller, fearing for his life, reveals the plan of attack to Judith. He tells her also that their son still lives and that if granted freedom he will disclose the child's whereabouts; but before he can divulge this information he is killed in an air raid. Aaron goes to the hysterical Judith and promises that they will find the child.
Director
Daniel Mann
Cast
Sophia Loren
Peter Finch
Jack Hawkins
Hans Verner
Zharira Charifai
Shraga Friedman
Andre Morell
Frank Wolff
Arnoldo FoÃ
Joseph Gross
Roger Beaumont
Zipora Peled
Terence Alexander
Gilad Konstantiner
Daniel Ocko
Peter Burton
John Stacy
Shoshana Barnea
Alexander Yahalomi
Roland Bartrop
Esther Kfir
Hilel Raveh
David Samadar
Aaron Shemi
Mona Silberstein
Judy Amir
Dahlia Bachboud
Eileen Benskin
Alexander Grdnovski
Judith Hirsh
Adi Kaplan
Yaacov Ben Tov
Leo Young
Chanan Avdori
Wolfe Barzell
Zmira Eilam
Rina Harareet
Geula Jeffet
Michael Kfir
Shafira Zakai
Pincus Pesso
Sam Rois
Naava Shan
Daniela Kochavi
Ben Zion Silberg
Rachel Timor
Crew
John Aldred
Lloyd Anderson
Giuseppe Annunziata
Yvonne Blake
Philip Breen
John Coonan
Janet Davidson
Pamela Davies
Austin Dempster
Peter Dukelow
Lawrence Durrell
Stan Fiferman
Graham Harris
John Michael Hayes
Geoffrey Helman
David Hildyard
Kay Johns
Sol Kaplan
Ivan Lengyel
Archie Ludski
J. P. Miller
Gerry O'hara
Amalia Paoletti
Tony Pratt
Mati Raz
Cliff Richardson
Tony Rimmington
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Roeg
Gaia Romanini
Peter Russell
Wally Schneiderman
Nathan Shaham
Wilfrid Shingleton
Sinfonia Of London
Wally Stott
Peter Taylor
Alex Thomson
Kurt Unger
Kurt Unger
Roy Whybrow
John Wilcox
Tony Woollard
Yoel Zilberg
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Copyright length: 106 min. Location scenes filmed in Israel in 1964. British co-production status unconfirmed.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1966
During the Arab-Israeli war of 1947, a Jewish woman enlists the help of occupying British troops to locate her ex-husband, a Nazi who has joined the Arab cause, so she can seek retribution for his imprisonment of her.
Released in United States 1966
