Hanna's War (1988)

Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a commando. After completing her training in Britain, she parachutes into Yugoslavia with a commando team to establish escape routes across the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border for downed British pilots. Her attempts to save Hungarian Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, however, leads to her capture, torture and demise at the hands of the Gestapo and the Nazi-controlled Hungarian police.

Cast (54)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Ellen Burstyn

Katalin

Maruschka Detmers

Hanna

Anthony Andrews

McCormack

Donald Pleasence

Captain Thomas Rosza

David Warner

Captain Julian Simon

Vincent Riotta

Yoel (as Vincenzo Ricotta)

Christopher Fairbank

Ruven

Robert Jacks

Peretz

S

Serge El-Baz

Tony

Eli Gorenstein

Aba

J

Joe El Dror

Yonah

Yehuda Efroni

Sandor

Rami Baruch

Enzo Sireni

A

Avi Korein

Eliyahu Golomb

Ingrid Pitt

Margit

Jon Rumney

Uncle Egon

M

Magda Faluhelyi

Aunt Ella

E

Emma Lewis

Cousin Evi

Dorota Stalińska

Maritza

R

Russell Porter

George

G

George Dillon

Milenko

Nigel Hastings

Jancsi

John Stride

Dr. Komoly

Patsy Byrne

Rosie

Rade Šerbedžija

Captain Ivan

Miodrag Krivokapić

Colonel Ilya

Ági Margitai

Professor Ravas

P

Patrick Monckton

Kalosh

István Hunyadkürthy

Smuggler

Teri Tordai

Baroness Hatvany

B

Barry Langford

Air Commodore Hadley

J

Jeff Gerner

Lieutenant Colonel Simmonds

S

Shimon Finkel

Ben Gurion

M

Mordechai Tenenbaum

Avigur

P

Peter Czajowski

Andy

T

Tamás Philippovits

Andras

J

Jozsef Lakky

Ticket Clerk

Teréz Várhegyi

Marietta

G

Gábor Váradi

Young Sergeant

J

József Incze

Hungarian Policeman

G

György ifj. Gonda

German Officer

M

Miklós Nagy

Detective

I

István Lakatos

Detective

T

Tamás Farkas

Hotel Clerk

Zsuzsa Pálos

Female Prisoner

L

Laura Bökönyi

Female Prisoner

M

Magda Darvas

Female Prisoner

J

Jon Varady

Guard

B

Balázs Blaskó

Male Secretary

Á

Árpád Ladányi

Jewish Refugee

C

Csaba Pethes

Porter

I

Imre Szalai

Sergeant

Denholm Elliott

I

István József Nagy

Man on tram (uncredited)

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