Exodus 1947 (1997)
The ship that launched a nation
Exodus 1947 is a one hour PBS documentary narrated by Morley Safer with a score by Ilan Rechtman. The Exodus 1947 voyage acted as a catalyst in forming the new State of Israel. The documentary focuses on clandestine and "illegal" American efforts to finance and crew the most infamous of ten American ships that attempted to bring Jewish refugees to Palestine.
- Date of release
- 1997-07-06
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Elizabeth Rodgers, Robby Henson
Casting
- Murray Aronoff — Self
- Ike Aronowitz — Self
- David Ben-Gurion — Self
- Eli Bergman — Self
- Moe Bernstein — Self
- Ruth Gruber — Self
- Morley Safer — Narrator (voice)
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