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Beyond the Walls

1984 · Movie · 103 min

5.7(10)unSUB Rating

Drama

In an Israeli penitentiary, a race war threatens to erupt between the two gangs. Jewish criminals, including drug users and rapists, are imprisoned next to Arab war criminals, and the hostility is only escalated by the interference of prison security, who frame the Arabs for the murder of a Jewish prisoner. The two rival camps -- headed by Israeli Uri (Arnon Zadock) and Arab Issan (Mohammed Bakri) -- decide to form an unlikely union that may or may not put a stop to the bloodshed.

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Details
Original title
מאחורי הסורגים
Years
1984
Release date
1984-09-27
Language
HE
Runtime
103 min
TMDB rating (input)
5.2/10 (10 votes)

Themes

  • prison
  • israel
  • wall

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest International Feature Film · 1985 · nominated
  • International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1985 · nominated

Cast & crew

  • Arnon Zadok

    Arnon Zadok

    as Uri

  • Assi Dayan

    Assi Dayan

    as Assaf

  • RD

    Rami Danon

    as Pitoosy

  • BS

    Boaz Sharabi

    as 'Nightingale'

  • AJ

    Adib Jahschan

  • Roberto Pollack

    Roberto Pollack

    as Yechiel

  • HS

    Haim Shinar

    as Hoffman

  • NS

    Naffi Salach

  • YA

    Yussuf Abed A'Nur

    as Rashid

  • AA

    Avi Abuav

    as Jailer

Directed by Uri Barbash