DramaWar

Exodus

- The drama and the passion of one of the epic events of the twentieth century!

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Release Date : 1960-12-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Otto Preminger FilmsUnited ArtistsCarlyle-Alpina, S.A.

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Ari Ben Canaan

Original Name : Paul Newman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kitty Fremont

Original Name : Eva Marie Saint

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gen. Sutherland

Original Name : Ralph Richardson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maj. Caldwell

Original Name : Peter Lawford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barak Ben Canaan

Original Name : Lee J. Cobb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dov Landau

Original Name : Sal Mineo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taha

Original Name : John Derek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mandria

Original Name : Hugh Griffith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lakavitch

Original Name : Gregory Ratoff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Lieberman

Original Name : Felix Aylmer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Akiva Ben Canaan

Original Name : David Opatoshu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Karen

Original Name : Jill Haworth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Von Storch

Original Name : Marius Goring

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jordana Ben Canaan

Original Name : Alexandra Stewart

Gender : Female

Character Name : David Ben Ami

Original Name : Michael Wager

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mordekai

Original Name : Martin Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reuben

Original Name : Paul Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Betty Walker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Odenheim

Original Name : Martin Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant

Original Name : Victor Maddern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yoav

Original Name : George Maharis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Hank Schlosberg

Original Name : John Crawford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dov Contact Proprietor

Original Name : Shmuel Segal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uzi

Original Name : Dahn Ben Amotz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel

Original Name : Ralph Truman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Clement

Original Name : Peter Madden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Avidan

Original Name : Joseph Fürst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Driver-Guide on Cyprus

Original Name : Paul Stassino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man

Original Name : Michael Wynne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. O'Hara

Original Name : Mark Burns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Hirschberg

Original Name : Esther Ofarim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Frankel

Original Name : Zipora Peled

Gender : Female

Character Name : Novak

Original Name : Philo Hauser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Clinton Greyn

Gender : Male

Reviews

Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

A want-to-be epic story that fails quite miserable. Excessively long and not well edited with tons of meaningless scenes and quite a bad positioning of the camera which outcomes in wrong lightning and shadows from the filming team. The best is its soundtrack, by far.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-17

Despite having quite a formidable, international, cast - this is really a rather plodding history that's really only memorable because of the Ernest Gold score. The story all centres around a group of Jewish immigrants who are stuck in British-mandated territory and they want to get to Israel. Luckily for them, "Ari" (Paul Newman) is on hand and using a combination of British indifference, politics and guile manages to get them onto a boat and on to their promised land. Thing is, once they get there and try to stand on their own two feet (collectively) they realise that they are quite literally surrounded by hostility. There's even the odd aspect of that from the factions within their own communities as their struggle for independence becomes as much one to survive. The history of this time is fascinating, especially as it's probably not a great deal less lively sixty years on, but the way this chronology unfolds is really wordy and pedestrian. It's clearly a bit of a labour of love for Otto Preminger, but that enthusiasm just isn't contagious as almost 3½ hours really does lumber along in a stop-start manner that makes it difficult to get involved with. The same s truly of the characterisations whom, aside from maybe Lee J. Cobb, don't really engage either. Pity, it's a subject with story well worth the telling - this just isn't really a film that's well worth the watching.