The Long Way Home (1997)
For the survivors of the Holocaust, liberation was only the beginning.
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
- Date of release
- 1997-09-19
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, War
- Director
- Mark Jonathan Harris
Casting
- Morgan Freeman — Narrator (voice)
- Ed Asner — George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
- Sean Astin — Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (voice)
- Martin Landau — (voice)
- Miriam Margolyes — (voice)
- David Paymer — (voice)
- Nina Siemaszko — (voice)
- Helen Slater — (voice)
- Michael York — (voice)
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
The Long Way Home is a 1997 American documentary film directed by Mark Jonathan Harris. It depicts the plight of Jewish refugees after World War II that contributed to the creation of the State of Israel.
Production
The Long Way Home is narrated by Morgan Freeman and features the voices of Edward Asner, Sean Astin, Martin Landau, Miriam Margolyes, David Paymer, Nina Siemaszko, Helen Slater, and Michael York.
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