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Exodus

Year:

1961

Duration:

208 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | History | War

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Otto Preminger

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1961-01-02

Filming Locations: Acre, Israel

Earnings

Budget: $4,000,000

Gross: $18,966,000 (USA)$21,750,000 (Worldwide)

Cast

Actor

Character

Paul Newman

Ari Ben Canaan

Eva Marie Saint

Kitty Fremont

Ralph Richardson

Gen. Sutherland

Peter Lawford

Maj. Caldwell

Lee J. Cobb

Barak Ben Canaan

Sal Mineo

Dov Landau

John Derek

Taha

Hugh Griffith

Mandria

Gregory Ratoff

Lakavitch

Felix Aylmer

Dr. Lieberman

David Opatoshu

Akiva Ben Canaan

Jill Haworth

Karen

Marius Goring

Von Storch

Alexandra Stewart

Jordana Ben Canaan

Michael Wager

David Ben Ami

Martin Benson

Mordekai

Paul Stevens

Reuben

Betty Walker

Sarah

Martin Miller

Dr. Odenheim

Victor Maddern

Sergeant

George Maharis

Yoav

John Crawford

Captain Hank Schlosberg

Shmuel Segal

Dov-Contact Proprietor

Dahn Ben Amotz

Uzi

Ralph Truman

Colonel

Peter Madden

Dr. Clement

Joseph Fürst

Avidan

Paul Stassino

Driver-guide on Cyprus

Michael Wynne

Man

Marc Burns

Lt. O'Hara

Esther Ofarim

Mrs. Hirschberg

Zipora Peled

Mrs. Frankel

Philo Hauser

Novak

Max Slater

Bit Part

Ya'ackov Banai

Bit Part (uncredited)

Larry Frisch

Bit Part (uncredited)

Robert Goodstein

Bit Part (uncredited)

Yossi Graber

Jake

Anna Maria Millo

Woman Onlooker

Amos Mokadi

Expert for Explosions

Hannah Norbert

Yetta

Geula Nuni

Bit Part (uncredited)

Abi Ofarim

(uncredited)

Paul L. Smith

Jewish Prisoner Peretz Geffner

John Van Eyssen

Detective

Did you know?

Trivia

Paul Newman took the part of Ari Ben Canaan in honor of his father, who was Jewish.

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At the film's premiere, as the movie neared its third hour with the end not yet in sight, comedian Mort Sahl stood up from his seat in the packed theater and shouted, "Otto, let my people go!" The incident quickly became a popular piece of Hollywood lore.

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Director Otto Preminger helped to end the stigma of the Hollywood blacklist by hiring Dalton Trumbo to adapt the screenplay for the film

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Goofs

When Paul Newman gets out of the car, his head hits the corner of the door and he touches his forehead. The passenger, Eva Marie Saint, hardly held from laughing.

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When parking because of traffic, the car carrying Peter Lawford and Eva Marie Saint, bumps into another parked car. When Peter Lawford gets out of the car, the car is seen parked with some space in between.

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Nurse Kitty Fremont inserted the earpieces backwards when listening to hear if heart sounds started after the epinephrine injection into Ari Ben Canaan's heart. The earpieces should point to the front in line with the ear canal's angle.

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Quotes

Akiva Ben Canaan: In this fatal optimism, you are Haganah. In methodology you are Irgun. But in your heart, you are Israel.

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Dov Landau: [explaining to the leaders of the Irgun how he survived Auschwitz] The Germans used me -- like you would use a woman.

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Ari Ben Canaan: Taha, old friend, and very dear brother; Karen, child of light... and daughter of Israel: Shalom.

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