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The First Lebanon War - June, 1982. A lone tank is dispatched to search a hostile town that has already been bombarded by the Israeli Air Force. What seems to be a simple mission gradually spins out of control.
Shmuel the gunner, Assi the commander, Herzl the loader and Yigal the driver are the tank's crew, four 20-something boys who have never fought in a war and are now operating a killing machine. Though trying to remain brave, the boys are pushed to their mental limits as they struggle to survive in a situation they cannot contain, and try not to lose their humanity in the chaos of war.
Writer-director Samuel Maoz's raw and visceral film is based on his own experiences as a twenty year old novice soldier serving in the Israeli army during the 1982 Lebanon war. Using his own vivid recollections to bring us inside an Israeli tank during the first 24 hours of the invasion, Maoz restricts the film's action entirely to the tank's interior and shows us the outside world only, as the four young soldiers themselves see it, through the lens of a periscopic gun sight. The cathartic process of writing and directing LEBANON allowed Maoz to finally free himself of the events that he had experienced twenty-five years earlier.
Original Release
09/24/2009
US Release
01/18/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Yoav Donat | Shmulik |
Itay Tiran | Assi / Asi |
Oshri Cohen | Hertzel / Herzel |
Michael Moshonov | Yigal |
Zohar Shtrauss | Gamil |
Dudu Tassa | Syrian Captive |
Ashraf Barhom | 1st Phalangist |
Fares Hananya | 2nd Phalangist |
Reymonde Amsallem | Lebanese Mother |
Byan Anteer | Lebanese Father |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yoav Donat | Shmulik |
Itay Tiran | Assi / Asi |
Oshri Cohen | Hertzel / Herzel |
Michael Moshonov | Yigal |
Zohar Shtrauss | Gamil |
Dudu Tassa | Syrian Captive |
Ashraf Barhom | 1st Phalangist |
Fares Hananya | 2nd Phalangist |
Reymonde Amsallem | Lebanese Mother |
Byan Anteer | Lebanese Father |
Aisha | Lebanese child |
Fatima | Lebanese child |
Khaled Salam | Lebanese Boy |
Iad Abu Nama | BMW Driver |
Hussein Mahagna | Truck Driver |
David Volach | Army Doctor |
Arie Tcherner | Cornelia |
Gur Nedzvetsky | Israeli soldiers supervisor |
Guy Hillel | Israeli soldier |
Itay Balzi | Israeli soldier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sonja Ewers | Executive Producer |
Gil Sassover | Executive Producer |
Anat Bikel | Producer |
Rémi Burah | Producer |
Leon Edery | Producer |
Moshe Edery | Producer |
Ilann Girard | Producer |
Benjamina Mirnik | Producer |
Uri Sabag | Producer |
David Silber | Producer |
Meir Tetzet | Producer |