Exodus
Original film poster
Directed by	Otto Preminger
Produced by	Otto Preminger
Written by	Dalton Trumbo Leon Uris (novel)
Starring	Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Ralph Richardson
Music by	Ernest Gold
Cinematography	Sam Leavitt
Editing by	Louis R. Loeffler
Distributed by	United Artists MGM (DVD)
Release date(s)	15 December, 1960
Running time	208 min
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Exodus is a 1960 epic war film made by Alpha and Carlyle Productions and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Otto Preminger from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo from the novel, Exodus, by Leon Uris. The Super Panavision 70 cinematography was by Sam Leavitt. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 382 × 599 pixels Full resolution (449 × 704 pixel, file size: 58 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work... Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. ... Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. ... Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist, and a member of the Hollywood Ten, one of group of film professionals who refused to testify before the 1947 House Un-American Activities Committee about alleged communist involvement. ... Leon Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Award, and Emmy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Ralph Richardson Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, did their best to make the transition to film. ... Ernest Gold (born July 13, 1921, Vienna, Austria; died March 17 Santa Monica, California, 1999) was an Austrian-born Jewish-American Academy Award winning composer of the theme from the movie Exodus. ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West... The epic film is a film genre typically featuring expensive production values and dramatic themes. ... The war film is a film genre that has to do with warfare, usually focusing on naval, air, or land battles, but sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training, or other related subjects. ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. ... Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist, and a member of the Hollywood Ten, one of group of film professionals who refused to testify before the 1947 House Un-American Activities Committee about alleged communist involvement. ... Exodus is a novel written in 1958 by American novelist Leon Uris about the founding of the state of Israel, based on the name of the 1947 immigration ship Exodus. ... Leon Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. ... Super Panavision 70 was the marketing brand used to identify movies photographed with Panavision 65mm cameras and spherical optics between 1959 and 1970. ...

The film stars Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, John Derek, Hugh Griffith, Gregory Ratoff, Felix Aylmer, David Opatoshu, Jill Haworth, Marius Goring, Victor Maddern and George Maharis Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Award, and Emmy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Ralph Richardson Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, did their best to make the transition to film. ... The Rat Pack. ... Lee J. Cobb Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor. ... Salvatore Sal Mineo, Jr. ... John Derek in the 1980s John Derek (born August 12, 1926; died May 22, 1998) was an American actor, director and photographer most famous for the women to whom he was married. ... Hugh Emrys Griffith (May 30, 1912 – May 14, 1980) was a film actor. ... Gregory Ratoff was an American film director, actor and producer. ... Sir Felix Aylmer OBE (February 21, 1889–September 2, 1979), born Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, was a distinguished English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. ... David Opatoshu (January 30, 1918 – April 30, 1996) was an American television actor with occasional roles in films. ... Jill Haworth (born August 15, 1945) is a British actress. ... Marius Goring (May 23, 1912 - September 30, 1998) was a British stage and cinema actor. ... Victor Jack Maddern (16 March 1926 — 22 June 1993) was an English actor. ... Centerfold photo of George Maharis in the July 1973 issue of Playgirl Magazine George Maharis (born September 1, 1928 in Astoria, New York) is an American actor and was one of seven children born to Greek immigrants. ...

Story

The film depicts events associated with the founding of the State of Israel in 1947.

Nurse Katherine (Kitty) Fremont (Eva Marie Saint) is an American volunteer nurse at the Karaolos detention camp in Cyprus, where thousands of Jews, Holocaust survivors, are being held, as they have no homeland to return to. They sit in anticipation of the day they will be liberated. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a Haganah rebel who previously was a Captain in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army in World War II, obtains a cargo ship and is able to smuggle 611 Jewish inmates out of the camp for an illegal voyage to Palestine before being found out by military authorities. When the British discover that the refugees are in a ship in the harbor, they blockade the harbor. The refugees stage a hunger strike, during which the camp's doctor dies; then the British relent and allow the Exodus safe passage. Haganah Poster (1940s) The Haganah (Hebrew: The Defense, ×”×”×’× ×”) was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948. ... Jewish Brigade recruitment poster: For Vengeance and Salvation! A recruitment drive poster for the Jewish Brigade: Soldiers of 1915-1918: to the flag! (Figure in background represents the Jewish Legion of World War I) The Jewish Brigade was a fighting unit in the British Army composed of volunteers from the...

Meanwhile, Kitty has grown very fond of Karen Hansen (Jill Haworth), a young Danish-Jewish girl searching for her father, from whom she was separated during the war. She has taken up the Zionist cause, much to the chagrin of Kitty, who had hoped to take young Karen to America so that she can begin a new life there.

Meanwhile, opposition to the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states is heating up, and Karen's young beau Dov Landau (Sal Mineo) joins the Irgun, a radical Jewish underground network, led by Ari Ben Canaan's uncle Akiva (David Opatoshu). Because of his activities, Akiva has been disowned by Ari's father, Barak, who heads the mainstream Jewish Agency trying to create a Jewish state through political and diplomatic means. He fears that the Irgun will damage his efforts, especially since the British have put a price on Akiva's head. When the bombing of the King David Hotel leads to dozens of fatalities, Akiva is arrested and sentenced to hang. Meanwhile, Karen's father has been found, but he is suffering from clinical depression and does not recognize her. Karen has gone to live at Gan Dafna, the Jewish kibbutz at which Ari was raised. Irgun emblem. ... The hotel after the bombing The King David Hotel bombing (July 22, 1946) was a bombing attack against the British government of Palestine by members of Irgun — a militant Zionist organization. ... Clinical depression (also called major depressive disorder, or unipolar depression when compared to bipolar disorder) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים; gathering or together) is an Israeli collective intentional community. ...

Kitty and Ari have fallen in love, but Uncle Akiva's imprisonment is an obstacle, and Ari must devise a plan to free the prisoners.

Dov Landau, who had managed to elude the arresting soldiers, turns himself in so that he can use his knowledge of explosives to rig the Acre prison and plan an escape route. All goes according to plan; hundreds of prisoners, including Akiva, manage to escape. But Akiva is fatally shot by British soldiers while evading a roadblock set up to catch the escaped prisoners. Ari, who was driving, is badly wounded. He makes his way to Abu Yesha, an Arab village where his lifelong friend, Taha, is the mukhtar. Kitty is brought there and treats his wound. Mukhtar, meaning chosen in Arabic, refers to the head of a village or mahalle (urban district) in many Arab countries. ...

A liberated Israel is now in plain view, but Arab radicals plot to attack Gan Dafna and kill its villagers. Ari receives prior warning of this attack from Taha, and he manages to get the group out in a mass overnight escape. Karen, ecstatic over the prospect of a new nation, proclaims her love for Dov, and Dov reciprocates. They while away the night-time hours thinking of the long and happy life that lies ahead of them. But as Dov sleeps, a wandering Arab radical kills Karen, and in the morning, Dov's patrol finds her lifeless body. That same day, the body of Taha, Ari's friend, is found hanging in his village, killed by the same Arab extremists who had killed Karen. Karen and Taha are buried together in one grave. At the Jewish burial ceremony, Ari swears on their bodies that someday, Jews and Arabs will live together and share the land in peace.

The movie was shot entirely on location in Cyprus and Israel.

Cast

Paul Newman on Exodus DVD cover

• Paul Newman - Ari Ben Canaan
• Eva Marie Saint - Kitty Fremont
• Ralph Richardson - Gen. Sutherland
• Peter Lawford - Maj. Caldwell
• Lee J. Cobb - Barak Ben Canaan
• Sal Mineo - Dov Landau
• John Derek - Taha
• Hugh Griffith - Mandria
• Gregory Ratoff - Lakavitch
• Felix Aylmer - Dr. Lieberman
• David Opatoshu - Akiva Ben-Canaan
• Jill Haworth - Karen
• Marius Goring - Von Storch
• Michael Wager - David
• Paul Stevens - Reuben
• Victor Maddern - Sergeant
• George Maharis - Yaov

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Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

• The music score, written by Ernest Gold won the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 1960 Oscars. The main theme from the film has been widely remixed and covered by many artists (such as piano player Anthony Burger for the Homecoming titled "I Do Believe"), remixed by techno-crossover pianist Maksim, even being used as the sample for the T.I. song Bankhead, and the original version was used as theme song for professional wrestler "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig. Another professional wrestler, Bill Goldberg, used a version of the main theme as his entrance music while in WCW as a nod to his Jewish heritage. Furthermore, Howard Stern tends to use it for comedic effect when discussing aspects of Jewish life.
• The film was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Sal Mineo) and for Best Cinematography (Sam Leavitt)

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Golden Globe

• Sal Mineo won the Best Supporting Actor Award

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Grammy Award

• Ernest Gold won Best Soundtrack Album and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1961 for the soundtrack and theme to Exodus respectively.

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See also

• Exodus (ship)
• List of Holocaust films

Exodus 1947 after British takeover (note damage to makeshift barricades). ... The is an index of all the films that deal with the Holocaust period in Europe approximately 1938-1945. ...

External links

• Exodus at the Internet Movie Database
• Exodus at the TCM Movie Database