"For the survivors of the Holocaust, liberation was only the beginning."

1997

2h 0m

7.1(14 votes)

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The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.

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9 featured cast members

Starring

Morgan Freeman

Narrator (voice)

Ed Asner

George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

Sean Astin

Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (voice)

Martin Landau

(voice)

Miriam Margolyes

(voice)

David Paymer

(voice)

Nina Siemaszko

(voice)

Helen Slater

(voice)

Michael York

(voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Mark Jonathan Harris
Written by: Mark Jonathan Harris
Produced by: Richard Trank
Marvin Hier

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