Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Maryland Public Television
Cast & Crew
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Robby Henson
Director
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Elizabeth Rodgers
Director
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Elizabeth Rodgers
Producer
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Ilan Rechtman
Music
Exodus 1947 (1997)
"The ship that launched a nation"Movie
DirectorsRobby HensonElizabeth Rodgers
Plot
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.