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Because of that War (1989) [N/A]

Featuring:
Yehuda Poliker, Ya'ackov Gilad, Yael Birenbaum

Written by:
Orna Ben-Dor Niv

Directed by:
Orna Ben-Dor Niv


Release Date:
January 2, 1989

Original Title:
B'Glal Hamilhamah Hahi

Production Countries:
Israel

Ratings / Certifications:
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Runtime: 90

Overview from TheMovieDB

An affecting 'talking heads' documentary which traces the stories of four Israelis: Yehuda Poliker and Ya'acov Gilad, two rock musicians bound together not only by their music, but also by their common experience as the offspring of survivors of the Nazi extermination camps; and those survivors themselves - Yehuda's father Jacko (from Salonika, taken to Treblinka), and Yaakov's mother Halina (from Warsaw, taken to Auschwitz as a teenager).

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Overview from Open Movies

Documentary about the life experience of the Holocaust generation and its own second generation - children born in Israel, who grew up in the shadow of their parents' memories of the Holocaust.

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Because of that War (1989) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 8.2/10
Awards Won: 1 nomination

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Director:
Orna Ben-Dor Niv

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