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In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence. This ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride. ABOVE AND BEYOND is their story. The first major feature-length documentary about the foreign airmen in the ’48 War, ABOVE AND BEYOND brings together new interviews as well as stunning aerial footage to present a fascinating, little-known tale filled with heart, heroism and high-flying chutzpah.
Original Release
01/30/2015
US Release
11/16/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mina Alon | Self |
Richard J. Carson | Extra |
Eddie Cohen | Self |
Leon Frankel | Self |
Coleman Goldstein | Self |
Lou Lenart | Self |
George Lichter | Self |
Harold Livingston | Himself / Self |
Shimon Peres | Self |
Jd Roth-round | Machal fighter pilot / Fighter Pilot |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mina Alon | Self |
Richard J. Carson | Extra |
Eddie Cohen | Self |
Leon Frankel | Self |
Coleman Goldstein | Self |
Lou Lenart | Self |
George Lichter | Self |
Harold Livingston | Himself / Self |
Shimon Peres | Self |
Jd Roth-round | Machal fighter pilot / Fighter Pilot |
Al Schwimmer | Self |
Dani Shapira | Self |
Smoky Simon | Self |
Mike van den Dobbelsteen | Israeli Ground Crew |
Bob Vickman | (archive footage) |
Laura G. Chirinos | Self / Himself |
Sung-Woo Shin | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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S. Daniel Abraham | Executive Producer |
Sarah Forbes Campbell | Producer |
July Hodara | Producer |
Nancy Spielberg | Producer |