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DramaThriller

Shoshana

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A political thriller that unfolds during the British Mandate in 1930s Tel Aviv, following two British police officers, Thomas Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton, in their hunt for poet and Zionist activist Avraham Stern, who is plotting to evict British authorities.

Release Date : 2024-01-25

Language :ArabicEnglishHebrewRussian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Revolution FilmsBartlebyfilm

Production Country : United KingdomItaly

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Douglas Booth

Character Name : Thomas Wilkin

Original Name : Douglas Booth

Gender : Male

Harry Melling

Character Name : Geoffrey Morton

Original Name : Harry Melling

Gender : Male

Irina Starshenbaum

Character Name : Shoshana Borochov

Original Name : Ирина Старшенбаум

Gender : Female

Gina Bramhill

Character Name : Alice Morton

Original Name : Gina Bramhill

Gender : Female

Aury Alby

Character Name : Avraham Stern

Original Name : Aury Alby

Gender : Male

Liudmyla Vasylieva

Character Name : Luba Borochov

Original Name : Liudmyla Vasylieva

Gender : Female

Ian Hart

Character Name : Robert Chambers

Original Name : Ian Hart

Gender : Male

Oliver Chris

Character Name : Ralph Cairns

Original Name : Oliver Chris

Gender : Male

Gal Mizrav

Character Name : Shlomo Ben Yosef

Original Name : Gal Mizrav

Gender : Male

Tim Wallers

Character Name : Harold Macmichael

Original Name : Tim Wallers

Gender : Male

Aliosha Massine

Character Name : Efrain Ilin

Original Name : Aliosha Massine

Gender : Male

Samuel Kay

Character Name : David Shomron

Original Name : Samuel Kay

Gender : Male

Doron Kochavi

Character Name : Benjamin Zeroni

Original Name : Doron Kochavi

Gender : Male

Yotam Ishay

Character Name : Arieh Yitzhaki

Original Name : Yotam Ishay

Gender : Male

Avi Golomb

Character Name : Yuri Eisner

Original Name : Avi Golomb

Gender : Male

Irene Paloma Jona

Character Name : Roni Stern

Original Name : Irene Paloma Jona

Gender : Male

Gianmarco Vettori

Character Name : Zelik Zak

Original Name : Gianmarco Vettori

Gender : Male

Daniel Donskoy

Character Name : David Raziel

Original Name : Daniel Donskoy

Gender : Male

Camilla Calderoni

Character Name : Tova Zvorai

Original Name : Camilla Calderoni

Gender : Male

Rony Herman

Character Name : Schiff

Original Name : Rony Herman

Gender : Male

Aaron Vodovoz

Character Name : Leonid

Original Name : Aaron Vodovoz

Gender : Male

Ariel Nil Levy

Character Name : Lubinsky

Original Name : Ariel Nil Levy

Gender : Male

Tim Daish

Character Name : Vicar

Original Name : Tim Daish

Gender : Male

Lee Comley

Character Name : Police Interrogator 1

Original Name : Lee Comley

Gender : Male

Matthew Thomas-Robinson

Character Name : Police Interrogator 2

Original Name : Matthew Thomas-Robinson

Gender : Male

Matthew T. Reynolds

Character Name : DCI Roberts

Original Name : Matthew T. Reynolds

Gender : Male

Ofer Seker

Character Name : Ezra

Original Name : Ofer Seker

Gender : Male

Yarden Lavi

Character Name : Aharon Heichman

Original Name : Yarden Lavi

Gender : Male

Stephen O'Leary

Character Name : Boyle

Original Name : Stephen O'Leary

Gender : Male

Shiri Binder

Character Name : Ruth

Original Name : Shiri Binder

Gender : Male

Yaniv Yafe

Character Name : Moshe Zvorai

Original Name : Yaniv Yafe

Gender : Male

Idan Yechieli

Character Name : Yaakov Levstein

Original Name : Idan Yechieli

Gender : Male

Glib Sukhanov

Character Name : David Borochov

Original Name : Glib Sukhanov

Gender : Male

Edward Karow Wilson

Character Name : Sergeant Stamp

Original Name : Edward Karow Wilson

Gender : Male

Alec Nicholls

Character Name : Explosives Expert

Original Name : Alec Nicholls

Gender : Male

Davide Fiano

Character Name : Nissim Reuven

Original Name : Davide Fiano

Gender : Male

Elico Levi

Character Name : Jewish Policeman

Original Name : Elico Levi

Gender : Male

Yoav Bavly

Character Name : Eli

Original Name : Yoav Bavly

Gender : Male

Seif Nabul

Character Name : Jacob Banay

Original Name : Seif Nabul

Gender : Male

Raymond Jacky Shama

Character Name : Joshua Groner

Original Name : Raymond Jacky Shama

Gender : Male

Alla Krasovitzkaya

Character Name : Mrs Levstein

Original Name : Alla Krasovitzkaya

Gender : Male

Lee Comley

Character Name : Police Interrogator #1

Original Name : Lee Comley

Gender : Male

Tim Daish

Character Name : Anglican Vicar

Original Name : Tim Daish

Gender : Male

Alexander Fahey

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Alexander Fahey

Gender : Male

Otto Hills-Fletcher

Character Name : Army Sergeant

Original Name : Otto Hills-Fletcher

Gender : Male

Josh Hyams

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Josh Hyams

Gender : Male

Sofia Maggi

Character Name : Natalya (Leonid's Daughter)

Original Name : Sofia Maggi

Gender : Male

Aleksander Mincer

Character Name : Neighbour Informant

Original Name : Aleksander Mincer

Gender : Male

Elena Mushkaeva

Character Name : Tatyana

Original Name : Elena Mushkaeva

Gender : Female

Alex Norton

Character Name : Tennant (CID)

Original Name : Alex Norton

Gender : Male

Ben Pearce

Character Name : Policeman (CID)

Original Name : Ben Pearce

Gender : Male

Marc Richardson

Character Name : Policeman (CID)

Original Name : Marc Richardson

Gender : Male

Matthew Thomas-Robinson

Character Name : Interrogator

Original Name : Matthew Thomas-Robinson

Gender : Male

Eleanor Grace

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Eleanor Grace

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-06

This is a curiously undercooked iteration of a story that well exemplifies that expression about one man's terrorist being another's freedom fighter. It's the underwhelming Douglas Booth who is Wilkin, a police detective based in British-administered Palestine and a man who has a semblance of decency to him. His boss "Chambers" (Ian Hart) is a bit more of a player, though - and he drafts in the much more "hands-on" Morton (the unremarkable Harry Melling) to get results more quickly - not least the apprehension of Stern (Aury Alby) who is determined to establish a Jewish homeland and doesn't much care which tactics he uses to accomplish that. The personal story is largely historical fact, so there's no real jeopardy here, but it's an interesting postulation on just how the British tried to administer a region and a population that had no interest in being administered, and that was being logistically manipulated with the shortest of term vision for anyone's future. Palestinian and Jew could agree on just one thing - get the UK out, but thereafter there was little consensus as the bombs and the bullets continued to fly. To be honest, I found the contribution of the eponymous woman (Irina Starshenbaum) to be almost incidental to what is essentially a rather dryly brutal story of a territory that always has been and will be fought over. It looks fine, but somehow it's all just a little too bitty - episodic, even, and it needed a bigger hitter to deliver the narrative more engagingly and convincingly. Pity.