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Jan 28, 2009 · Blessed Is the Match: Directed by Roberta Grossman. With Peter Hay, Judy Baumel-Schwartz, Michael Berenbaum, Shimon Peres. The story of Hannah Senesh, a Hungarian poet who was captured by the Nazis, while trying to rescue Jews in WWII.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Roberta Grossman
- 2009-01-28
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.
After Hungarian poet Hannah Senesh leaves the safety of Palestine to rescue Jews in her native country, Nazis capture and kill her.
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- Documentary
- Roberta Grossman
Jan 29, 2009 · And now Roberta Grossman's Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh offers a documentary portrait of a Hungarian woman's journey from poet-diarist to...
- Bob Mondello
Jan 28, 2009 · 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.
- (7)
- Roberta Grossman
- Not Rated
- Peter Hay
Synopsis. The story of Hannah Senesh, a Hungarian poet who was captured by the Nazis, while trying to rescue Jews in WWII. Cast. Peter Hay. Himself - Senesh Biographer. Judy Baumel-Schwartz. Herself - Bar-Ilan University. Michael Berenbaum. Himself - Holocaust Scholar. Shimon Peres. Himself - President of Israel.
- 86 min
Roberta Grossman's Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh documents courage, but steers clear of character.
