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The Long Way Home (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Mark Jonathan Harris

Written By:
Mark Jonathan Harris

Actors:
Morgan Freeman ..... Narrator (voice)
Edward Asner ..... George Patton
David Ben-Gurion ..... Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (voice)
Sean Astin ..... (voice)
Martin Landau ..... (voice)
Miriam Margolyes ..... (voice)
David Paymer ..... (voice)
Nina Siemaszko ..... Narrator (voice)
Helen Slater ..... (voice)
Michael York ..... (voice)
Richard Amend ..... (voice)
Rick Bandes ..... (voice)
Christo Brock ..... (voice)
Pablo Bryant ..... (voice)
Aaron Cain ..... (voice)
Robert Cait

Synopsis:

The struggles of European Jews during WWII have been well documented, but this film (produced with the cooperation of the Simon Weisenthal Center) makes it clear that the ordeal of those who suffered during the Holocaust did not end with the liberation of Europe. The Long Way Home uses interviews with Holocaust survivors, newsreel footage, and readings of letters, journals, and news reports, to tell the story of the hardships faced by those freed from concentration camps in 1945. Often riddled with disease, suffering from malnutrition, and remorseful over having survived while their loved ones perished, many survivors soon discovered that they no longer had homes to return to, and many European nations, struggling with their own post-war poverty, would not accept the refugees. Some found themselves in Displaced Persons camps, which were often only marginally better than the camps from which they had been freed, while others attempted to flee to Palestine, over the objections of the British government, who then held the territory as a colony. The establishment of the Zionist state of Israel was widely seen as the best solution to bring dignity, self-determination, and a homeland back to the refugees, but the notion was widely opposed at first, particularly by the British government. The Long Way Home is narrated by Morgan Freeman. Martin Landau, Edward Asner, Helen Slater, David Paymer, and Michael York contribute readings to the soundtrack.

Documentary on the plight of Jewish refugees from 1945 to 1948, who survived the Holocaust only to face hostility and indifference from the nations victorious in World War II, including Great Britain and the United States. Living for months in `Displaced Persons Camps' most of the holocaust survivors wanted to start new lives in the hoped-for Jewish state in British-administered Palestine but immigration restrictions forced many of them to travel there illegally.

Focusing on the struggle Jews faced after being released from World War II concentration camps--particularly pointing out the absurd irony of Jewish survivors being housed in 'displaced persons camps,' often on the same sites as death camps, surrounded by barbed wire and not allowed to leave, and mixed with ex-Nazi collaborators because camp assignment was done by country of origin.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 08 November, 2009.