Directed by:
Roberta GrossmanScreenplay:
Sophie SartainCinematography:
Dyanna TaylorCast:
Marcela Nohýnková, Jindřich Hinke, Monika Maláčová, Andrej Polák, Shimon Peres, Seth Numrich, Tereza Konrádová, Michael BerenbaumPlots(1)
In 1944, 22-year-old Hannah Senesh parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe with a small group of Jewish volunteers from Palestine. Theirs was the only military rescue mission for Jews that occurred in World War II.
Narrated by Joan Allen, the multi-award-winning BLESSED IS THE MATCH follows the remarkable journey of this young Hungarian poet and diarist, paratrooper and resistance fighter. Told through Hannah’s letters, diaries, and poems, her mother s memoirs, and the recollections of those who knew and loved her (including two of her fellow parachutists), the film traces her life from her childhood in Budapest to her time in British-controlled Palestine where she was drawn by the Kibbutz Movement that sought to build an independent Jewish state to her daring mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Marcela Nohýnková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Dvě z Paříže (1988) (TV movie)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
Jindřich Hinke
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Vlci (1990) (TV movie)
Přítelkyně z domu smutku (1992) (series)
Monika Maláčová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Je třeba zabít Sekala (2018) (theatrical recording)
Gazdina roba (2009) (theatrical recording)
My Uncle Archimedes (2018) (TV movie)
Andrej Polák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Anthropoid (2016)
Vosto5: Pérák (2020) (theatrical recording)
Shimon Peres
Poland
Best movies:
Rabin, the Last Day (2015)
Seth Numrich
USA
Best movies:
Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) (series)
Imperium (2016)
Private Romeo (2011)
Tereza Konrádová
Best movies:
Totally Talking (2014)