Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
Release Date: January 28, 2009 (NY; LA release: Feb. 6)
Studio: Balcony Releasing
Director: Roberta Grossman
Screenwriter: Sophie Sartain
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Website: BlessedistheMatch.com
Starring: Meri Roth, Marcela Nohynkova, Zdenek Kozakovic, Zdenek Astr, Jindrich Hinke, Monika Malacova, Andrej Polak, Akiva Zasman
Plot Summary: "Blessed is the Match" is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, she joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. Shockingly, it was the only outside rescue mission for Jews during the Holocaust. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Her mother Catherine witnessed the entire ordeal – first as a prisoner with Hannah and later as her advocate, braving the bombed-out streets of Budapest in a desperate attempt to save Hannah. With unprecedented access to the Senesh family archive, this powerful story unfolds through the writings and photographs of Hannah and Catherine Senesh.
Release Date: January 28, 2009 (NY; LA release: Feb. 6)
Studio: Balcony Releasing
Director: Roberta Grossman
Screenwriter: Sophie Sartain
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Website: BlessedistheMatch.com
Starring: Meri Roth, Marcela Nohynkova, Zdenek Kozakovic, Zdenek Astr, Jindrich Hinke, Monika Malacova, Andrej Polak, Akiva Zasman
Plot Summary: "Blessed is the Match" is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, she joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. Shockingly, it was the only outside rescue mission for Jews during the Holocaust. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Her mother Catherine witnessed the entire ordeal – first as a prisoner with Hannah and later as her advocate, braving the bombed-out streets of Budapest in a desperate attempt to save Hannah. With unprecedented access to the Senesh family archive, this powerful story unfolds through the writings and photographs of Hannah and Catherine Senesh.
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