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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.
Original Release
01/28/2009
US Release
01/28/2009
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Hay | Himself - Senesh Biographer / Self - Senesh Biographer |
Judy Baumel-Schwartz | Herself - Bar-Ilan University / Self - Bar-Ilan University |
Michael Berenbaum | Himself - Holocaust Scholar / Self - Holocaust Scholar |
Shimon Peres | Himself - President of Israel / Self - President of Israel |
Martin Gilbert | Self - Historian |
Márta Ozoray | Self - Hannah's Classmate |
Magda Csécsy | Self - Hannah's Classmate |
Dina Schechman | Self - Kibbutz Sdot-Yam |
Eitan Senesh | Giora Senesh's Son / Self - Hannah's Nephew |
David Senesh | Giora Senesh's Son / Self - Hannah's Nephew |
Directors
Writers
Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Hay | Himself - Senesh Biographer / Self - Senesh Biographer |
Judy Baumel-Schwartz | Herself - Bar-Ilan University / Self - Bar-Ilan University |
Michael Berenbaum | Himself - Holocaust Scholar / Self - Holocaust Scholar |
Shimon Peres | Himself - President of Israel / Self - President of Israel |
Martin Gilbert | Self - Historian |
Márta Ozoray | Self - Hannah's Classmate |
Magda Csécsy | Self - Hannah's Classmate |
Dina Schechman | Self - Kibbutz Sdot-Yam |
Eitan Senesh | Giora Senesh's Son / Self - Hannah's Nephew |
David Senesh | Giora Senesh's Son / Self - Hannah's Nephew |
Aharon Megged | Self - Author & Kibbitz Sdot-Yam Member |
Surika Braverman | Self - Parachutist |
Laszlo Ritter | Self - Institute of History, H.A.S. |
Reuven Dafni | Self - Parachutist, Final Interview, 2005 |
Judith Charody | Self - Catherine's Cellmate |
Éva Ritscher | Self - Catherine's Cellmate |
Susan Beer | Self - Gestapo Prisoner |
Joan Allen | Catherine Senesh |
Alona Tal | Hannah Senesh |
Meri Roth | Hannah Senesh |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Marta Kauffman | Executive Producer |
Roberta Grossman | Producer |
Lisa Hofheimer | Producer |
Sophie Sartain | Producer |
Lisa Thomas | Producer |
Pavlina Zipkova | Producer |