ID

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Land / Jahr

USA / Israel [Palästina], 1947-1948

Originaltitel

THE ILLEGALS / LO TAFHIDENU

Andere Titel

THE VOYAGE OF THE UNAFRAID [1948, KURZVERSION] / THE REAL EXODUS [1961, KURZVERSION] / CARGAISON JUIVE [FR]

Regie

Meyer Levin

Produktion

Film Documents Inc., New York, NY / Americans For Haganah, Inc., New York, NY

Prod. / Stab

Produzent: Meyer Levin; Produktionsleitung: Paul Cayatte; Drehbuch: Meyer Levin; Kamera: Jean-Paul Alphen, Bertrand Hesse, André Cauvin; Schnitt: Paul Cayatte; Technik, div.: Ben Gradus (Technische Assistenz); Musik: Edmund Halpern, Wally Karveno-Paquin; Musikalische Leitung: Darius Citanova (Ondioline Ensemble, Paris), Shlomo Hofman (Hachalutz Youth Chorus, Paris), Henri Milstein (Chorale des Eclaireur Israelites de France [EIF], Paris); Musikalische Arrangements: Shlomo Hofman; Liedtexte: Shlomo Hofman; Sprecher: Meyer Levin

Darsteller

Tereska Torres (Sara Wilner); Yankel Mikalowitz (Mika Wilner)

Länge

77'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Zeitangaben

- 00.09.1947-23.12.1947: Drehzeit
- 28.06.1948: Preview, New York, NY
- 14.07.1948: Uraufführung, New York, NY (Ambassador)

Weitere Angaben

- Tonsystem: Helios

Synopsis

Überlebende des Holocaust sind auf den Untergrundrouten der Hagganah unterwegs nach Palästina. In Warschau macht sich 1945 ein junges Ehepaar, Sara und Mika, auf den Weg zu einer Trainingsfarm an der tschechischen Grenze. Von dort aus gehen sie nach Wien. Widrige Umstände bei einer nächtlichen Durchquerung eines Waldes führen zur Trennung zwischen Sara und Mika. Mika wird festgenommen. Die schwangere Sara entschließt sich, trotzdem zusammen mit den anderen DPs ihren Weg nach Palästina fortzusetzen, damit ihr Kind in Palästina geboren wird. Unterlegt von einer Erzählstimme (Meyer Levin), schildert der Film die Überquerung der schneebedeckten Alpen zu Fuß und die Passage auf dem Hagganah-Schiff "The Unafraid", das die britische Blockade vor Palästina durchbrechen will. An Bord des von DPs übervölkerten Frachtschiffes finden sich Sara und Mika wieder. Saras Freundin ist schwanger und steht kurz vor der Geburt. Das Meer ist stürmisch und viele sind seekrank. Dann kreuzt ein britischer Zerstörer auf und geht in einer höchst dramatischen Szene längsseits des Hagganah-Schiffes. Vor laufender Kamera entern Soldaten das Schiff. Britische Schiffe kreisen es ein, die DPs leisten keinen Widerstand. Obwohl sie nach Zypern gebracht werden, sind sie zuversichtlich, dass sie schließlich Palästina erreichen werden. Als sie sich dem Hafen von Haifa nähern, wird auf dem Schiff das Baby von Saras Freundin geboren.

Schlagworte

1940-1949; Alija Bet; Preßburg; Bricha; Britische Armee; Britische Mandatsregierung; Flüchtlingsschiff; Frankreich; Haganah; Haifa; Holocaust-Überlebender; Jewish Agency; Jiddisches Kino; Jüdische displaced person; Marseille; München; Palästina; Rothschild-Krankenhaus; Strykow; The Unafraid (Schiff); Warschau; Wien; Zypern

Kopien

- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem: 72'; 35mm; engl. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem: 72'; 35mm; Dup Neg; engl. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 35mm; engl. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 35mm; hebr. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 35mm; franz. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 35mm; span. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 16mm; engl. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 16mm; hebr. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem; 16mm; franz. Version
- Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque, Jerusalem: 51'; 16mm; engl. Kurzversion
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 51'; 35mm; hebr. Kurzversion
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 51'; 35mm; hebr. Kurzversion
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 51'; 35mm; franz. Kurzversion
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 51'; 16mm; engl. Kurzversion
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 51'; 16mm; hebr. Kurzversion
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem: 51'; 16mm; span. Kurzversion
- Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters' House), Kibbuz Lohamei Haghetaot, D.N. Asherat; 16mm; jidd. Version

Verleih

Maybur Films, Inc., New York (ursprünglich)

Materialien

- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; Dokumente
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; Korrespondenz
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem; Fotos
- Boston University, Boston, MA: Meyer Levin Collection; Dokumente
- Boston University, Boston, MA: Meyer Levin Collection; Korrespondenz
- Boston University, Boston, MA: Meyer Levin Collection; Drehbuch
- Boston University, Boston, MA: Meyer Levin Collection; Fotos

Literatur

- Avrunin, Judith: "No Change in Deportation Routine: 880 to Cyprus", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 22, Nr. 6593, 24.12.1947
- N.N.: "Meyer Levin Film Stolen", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 22, Nr. 6594, 25.12.1947
- N.N.: "Journalists Freed in L.P. 1,000 Bail Each", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 22, Nr. 6598, 30.12.1947
- Levin, Meyer: "Saga of the Stolen Film", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 22, Nr. 6599, 31.12.1947
- Herbstman, Mandel: "The Illegals", in: Motion Picture Daily, ??.??. 1948
- Winsten, Archer: "Movie Talk. Writer with an Idea Makes Film the Hard Way", in: The New York Post, ??.??. 1948
- Levin, Meyer: "No Convoy Without Escort. Journey in No-Man's Land", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 23, Nr. 6003, 06.01.1948
- N.N.: "'The Illegals' Stirs Emotions (...) Vital Story of Trek Back to Palestine", in: The Hollywood Reporter, 02.07.1948
- N.N.: "Secret Jewish Exodus from Europe to Palestine", in: New York Journal-American, 02.07.1948
- , in: The New York Times, 04.07.1948
- N.N.: "The Illegals", in: The Film Daily (New York, NY), 07.07.1948
- Schoenfeld, Herm (als: Herm.): "The Illegals", in: Variety, 07.07.1948
- , in: The Exhibitor, 07.07.1948
- Hellmer, Kurt (als: k.h.): "Der Zweite Auszug der Kinder Israels. 'The Illegals' - ein neuer Palästina-Film", in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 14, Nr. 28, 09.07.1948
- T.F.B.: "How Jews Get to Their Homeland. The Illegals" / "How Displaced Jews Get to Palestine. The Illegals", in: The New York Times, 15.07.1948
- Winsten, Archer: "'The Illegals,' Story of Exodus to Palestine", in: The New York Post, 15.07.1948
- Gilbert, Justin: "'Illegals" Is Powerful Record of Epic Exodus to Palestine", in: Daily Mirror, 15.07.1948
- McCord, Bert: "The Illegals", in: New York Herald Tribune, 15.07.1948
- Sheaffer, Lew: "'Street' Is Jammed with Action; 'Illegals' a Moving Documentary", in: Brooklyn Eagle (New York, NY), 15.07.1948
- C.A.: "Hope, Faith, Action Sustain 'The Illegals'", in: New York Star, 15.07.1948
- Masters, Dorothy: "Israel Story at the Ambassador", in: The Daily News, (New York, NY), 15.07.1948
- "At the Ambassador. 'The Illegals'", in: New York Journal-American, 15.07.1948
- Cook, Alton: "The Illegals' Depicts Harrowing Heroism", in: The New York World Telegram, 15.07.1948
- "The Illegals", in: The New York Sun, 15.07.1948
- Tank, Herb: "'Illegals' Powerful Historical Record", in: Daily Worker (New York, NY), 15.07.1948
- Zunser, Jesse: "The Illegals", in: Cue, 17.07.1948
- Graf, Mary: "Die Pilgerfahrt der Hoffnung. 'The Illegals' im Ambassador", in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 14, Nr. 30, 23.07.1948
- N.N.: "New World Club" [Anzeige], in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 14, Nr. 31, 30.07.1948
- N.N.: "New World Club" [Anzeige], in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 14, Nr. 32, 06.08.1948
- Merigneux, Gaston: "Cargaison juive (Studio de l'Etoile)", in: Combat, 28.08.1948
- Warshow, Robert: "The Flight from Europe", in: Commentary, Nr. 6, Oktober, 01.10.1948
- , in: The Los Angeles Times, 15.10.1948
- N.N.: "Film News. Olivier, Wolves, 'Illegals'", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 25, Nr. 6911, 14.01.1949
- Levin, Meyer: "A Film Industry For Israel", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 25, Nr. 7163, 15.11.1949
- Levin, Meyer: "Repatriation Epic Going Unrecorded", in: The Palestine Post (Jerusalem), Vol. 25, Nr. 7168, 21.11.1949
- Levin, Meyer: "If You Want Films. Poor Distribution Is Throtting Israeli Film Production. Marked Copy", in: The Jewish Horizon, April, 01.04.1950
- N.N.: "En Israel la caméra est une arme de paix", in: L'écran française (Paris), Nr. 257, 05.06.1950
- Levin, Meyer: In Search. London: Constellation Books, 1951
- Krahn, Frederic A.: Educational Film Guide, Ed. 11, New York, NY: H.W. Wilson Company, 1953
- Ben Chorin, Schalom: "Dera Wahre 'Exodus'", in: Jedioth Chadashoth / Neueste Nachrichten (Tel Aviv), 30.06.1961
- S.C.: "'The Illegals' Revised", in: The Jerusalem Post, 04.07.1961
- Guerin, Anne: "L'Américain Meyer Levin a filmé la véritable 'Exodus'", in: L'Express (Paris), 03.08.1961
- Petor, Hannah: "Meyer Levins Dokumentarfilm 'Die Flüchtlinge'", in: Israelitisches Wochenblatt für die Schweiz (Zürich), 04.08.1961
- Warshow, Robert: "The Flight from Europe", The Immediate Experience. Movies, Comics, Theatre & other Aspects of Popular Culture New York, NY: Atheneum, 1972
- Levin, Meyer: "About a Film Origins", in: ??? (New York), ??.05. 1978
- "The Unafraid: A Saga of Israeli Lives", in: Newsday, 07.05.1978
- , in: Photoplay, (New York, NY), Vol. 33, Nr. 5, Mai, 01.05.1982
- Kronish, Amy: World Cinema: Israel. Trowbridge: Flicks Books, 1996
- Litvin, Martin: Audacious Pilgrim. The Story of Meyer Levin. Woodston, KS: Western Books, 1999
- Loewy, Ronny (Hg.): Unerschrocken. Auf dem Weg nach Palästina. Tereska Torres' Filmtagebuch von 1947. Zeugnisse aus dem Jüdischen Museum Berlin, Jüdisches Museum Berlin (Hg.), Köln: Dumont, 2004

Inhalt (detailliert)

Shotlist (- ft):
Reel 1:
- 000 CREDITS
- 023 Introduction
- 031 Polish village of Strykow - Mika Wilner and Sara Wilner arriving and walking through village
- 086 Mika and Sara in room in Warsaw
- 131 Walking around Warsaw
- 146 Mika photographing Sara
- 160 Wandering among ruins of Warsaw Ghetto
- 201 GV: City and debris
- 230 Mika and Sara walking home
- 257 Jewish Agency nameplate
- 260 Mika and Sara interviewed by Jewish Agency official
- 278 Mika and Sara with next contact
- 303 Mika and Sara at training farm near Czech border
- 333 Singing and dancing at party
- 376 Mika and Sara preparing to leave with group
- 416 Group making way on foot across Polish-Czech border
- 467 Group boarding train from reception camp
- 490 CU: Route map
- 494 GV: Bratislava
- 499 Group getting off train
- 503 Reception camp
- 505 Group walking over "Bridge of the Bricha" into Austria
- 522 Group transported by bus
- 533 Arriving at Rothschild Hospital reception center in Vienna and setting in for the night
- 590 Group preparing to leave, without Sara
- 605 Sara waiting for Mika to join her from prison
- 623 Sara visiting office to ask for news from Mika
- 661 Sara leaving with another group at night
- 674 Group resting
- 701 Leaving at night in trucks
- 742 Getting off trucks and going on foot through woods
- 820 Group getting into trucks
- 845 CU: Route map
- 849 Trucks on road
- 862 Arrival at French Zone frontier and border check
- 888 Trucks leave after groups' papers examined
- 903 Trucks on road
- 941 Arrivals at DP camp on outskirts of Munich
- 954 Group, including Sara, issued ID cards
- 968 Group in camp
- 980 Boarding train and setting off
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Reel 2:
- 000 Trucks on Road
- 011 Papers checked at frontier
- 044 CU: Route map
- 047 Mika arranging his departure in Haganah office
- 075 Mika meeting contact, after selling camera
- 096 Mika arriving in Munich station and walking through streets
- 130 Mika asking for Sara in various offices
- 149 Wandering in streets
- 171 Mika arriving at Haganah office
- 190 Mika in Austrian village
- 225 Mika leaving with group in trucks
- 266 Groups getting out of trucks and going on foot through snow
- 446 Resting in hut
- 476 Trucks on road
- 505 Map
- 513 Trucks travelling at night
- 516 Group embarking on immigrant ship
- 553 Mika arriving on board and looking for Sara in crowded hold
- 620 Mika finding Sara
- 633 Immigrants on deck
- 666 Mika and other passangers in hold
- 683 Ship at sea, deck crowded with immigrants
- 856 British plane flying low overhead
- 860 Sara talking to passenger below deck
- 877 LV: British warship
- 878 CU: Immigrant ship's captain at helm
- 880 LV: British ship
- 881 Passengers below deck
- 895 CU: Warships, immigrant ship hailed by loudspeaker
- 901 Passengers coming up on deck and out of hiding
- 962 Banners prepared and Israeli flag hoisted to singing of "Hatikva"
- 1011 CU: Haganah ship "Unafraid" banner being affixed and Turkish name thrown overboard
- 1019 British ships close in as ship enters Palestine waters
- 1069 British board and seize ship as it sails into Haifa
- 1108 British troops wait on quay to deport immigrants on arrival, while passengers watch shore
- 1143 ENDS
Acc. to and adapted from Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem

Vor- / Nachspann

THE ILLEGALS
- 1. contemporary films / presents
- 2. AMERICANS FOR HAGANAH / presents / THE / ILLEGALS / Copyright [...] by AMERICANS FOR HAGANAH / DISTRIBUTED BY MAYBUR, INC.
- 3. WRITTEN, DIRECTED, / AND PRODUCED BY / MEYER LEVIN
- 4. Photographed by / JEAN–PAUL ALPHEN / Photographed at Sea by / BERTRAND HESSE / Production Manager / PAUL CAYATTE / HELIOS SOUND SYSTEM
- 5. Music composed by / WALLY KARVENO-PAQUIN / Enregistered by DARIUS CITANOVA and his Ondoline Ensemble / Songs composed by / SHLOMO HOFFMAN / SUNG BY THE HACHALUTZ YOUTH CHORUS OF PARIS / FOLK SONGS ENREGISTERED BY THE CHORALE / DES ÉCLAIREURS ISRAÉLITES DE FRANCE / conducted by HENRI MILSTEIN
- 6. Sara / TERESKA TORRES / Mika / YANKEL MIKALOWITZ
- 7. THIS IS A RECORD. AND A STORY / OF THE JEWISH EXODUS FROM / EUROPE. / THE PEOPLE WHO APPEAR IN / THIS FILM ARE THE PEOPLE OF / THE EXODUS THEMSELVES. / FILMED ON THEIR WAY TOWARD / PALESTINE / THE STORY IS THEIR STORY
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- 1. END
Original-Vor/Nachspann, Abschrift lt. Kopie: Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Jerusalem