Exodus 1947 (1997)

Name: Exodus 1947
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1997-07-06
Rating: 8
Cast: Murray Aronoff, Ike Aronowitz, David Ben-Gurion, Eli Bergman, Moe Bernstein

The ship that launched a nation

Documentary

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.

Rating: 8 / 10 (1 votes)
Release date: July 6, 1997
Runtime: 56m
Language: English
Director: Robby Henson, Elizabeth Rodgers
Status: Released