Beyond the Walls
1984 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 5.2
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
- 5.2/10 (10 votes)
Themes
- prison
- israel
- wall
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 1985 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1985 · nominated
Cast & crew
Arnon Zadok
as Uri
Assi Dayan
as Assaf
- RD
Rami Danon
as Pitoosy
- BS
Boaz Sharabi
as 'Nightingale'
- AJ
Adib Jahschan
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