Hanna K. (1983)

  • R
  • 09/30/1983 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 40m

They encouraged her independence. They let her speak. They thought no one would listen. But her questions could bring down the country.

Overview

Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman has her beliefs challenged when she is appointed to the defense of Selim Bakri. Kaufman, who was born in the United States to survivors of the Holocaust, has always accepted Israel's right to exist. But she bears witness to some of the costs of its sovereignty when she meets Bakri, a dispossessed Palestinian man facing serious criminal charges who wants the same thing as his supposed enemies: to reclaim his family home.

Franco Solinas

Writer

Costa-Gavras

Director, Writer

Cast

Jill Clayburgh's headshot

Jill Clayburgh

Hanna Kaufman
Jean Yanne's headshot

Jean Yanne

Victor Bonnet
Gabriel Byrne's headshot

Gabriel Byrne

Joshué Herzog
David Clennon's headshot

David Clennon

Ammon
Shimon Finkel's headshot

Shimon Finkel

Professor Leventhal
Oded Kotler's headshot

Oded Kotler

The Stranger
Michal Bat-Adam's headshot

Michal Bat-Adam

Russian Woman
Dafna Levy's headshot

Dafna Levy

Dafna

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