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Release Date:
September 27, 1984
Original Title:
מאחורי הסורגים
Alternate Titles:
Detrás de los muros
Me'Ahorei Hasoragim
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
April Films
Production Countries:
Israel
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 103
In Israel's Central Prison, the security officer is corrupt, supplying drugs and stirring the hatred between Jewish and Arab prisoners to his advantage. Uri, in for 12 years for armed robbery, and Issan, in for 50 years for PLO violence, command the respect of their cells. When the Arabs are framed for the murder of a Jewish prisoner and a young inmate commits suicide rather than lie about what happened, Uri and Issan form an unlikely partnership, leading the security block on a strike. Prison officials try to break it. In the background are Uri's daughter and Issan's wife, women of beauty and passion who embody the distance from inside a cell to the outside.
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Art Direction:
Eitan Levi
Associate Producer:
Katriel Schori
Costume Design:
Zmira Hershkovitz
Director:
Uri Barbash
Director of Photography:
Amnon Salomon
Editor:
Tova Ascher
Makeup Artist:
Matti Halchmi
Producer:
Rudy Cohen
Production Design:
Eitan Levi
Special Effects:
Michael Boots
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