Exodus 1947

Elizabeth Rodgers
1997-07-06

The ship that launched a nation
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56 min

Exodus 1947 is a one hour PBS documentary narrated by Morley Safer with a score by Ilan Rechtman. The Exodus 1947 voyage acted as a catalyst in forming the new State of Israel. The documentary focuses on clandestine and "illegal" American efforts to finance and crew the most infamous of ten American ships that attempted to bring Jewish refugees to Palestine.

Cast

Name Character Team
Murray Aronoff Self Unowned
Ike Aronowitz Self Unowned
David Ben-Gurion Self Unowned
Eli Bergman Self Unowned
Moe Bernstein Self Unowned
Ruth Gruber Self Unowned
Morley Safer Narrator (voice) Unowned