מאחורי הסורגים

103 minutes

9/27/1984

Overview

In Israel's Central Prison, the security officer is corrupt, supplying drugs and stirring the hatred between Jewish and Arab prisoners to his advantage. Uri, in for 12 years for armed robbery, and Issan, in for 50 years for PLO violence, command the respect of their cells. When the Arabs are framed for the murder of a Jewish prisoner and a young inmate commits suicide rather than lie about what happened, Uri and Issan form an unlikely partnership, leading the security block on a strike. Prison officials try to break it. In the background are Uri's daughter and Issan's wife, women of beauty and passion who embody the distance from inside a cell to the outside.

Cast List

Arnon Zadok
as Uri
Assi Dayan
as Assaf
Rami Danon
as Pitoosy
Boaz Sharabi
as 'Nightingale'
Adib Jahschan
Roberto Pollack
as Yechiel
Haim Shinar
as Hoffman
Naffi Salach
Yussuf Abed A'Nur
as Rashid
Avi Abuav
as Jailer
Ali Al'Azaari
as Hassan
Eliezer Albala
as Gezer
Muhamad Ali
as Issam's Brother
Yardena Arazi
as Song contest host
Mohammad Bakri
as Issan
Hillel Ne'eman
Lutuf Nouasser
Ya'ackov Ayali
as Rashid
Edward Mualem
as Deaf Mute
Yardena Arazi
as Song contest cost
Peter Freistadt
Danny Bassan
as Medic
Moshe Bleiman
as Jailer
Yehuda Cohen
as Damari
Ramzi Esmar
as Mussa
Yosef Fayumi
as Jailer
Motti Goldstein
as Physician
Shura Greenhouse
as Hoffman's Wife
Iris Kanner
as Social Worker
Dana Katz
as Sigi
David Kedem
as Prison Warden
Nachman Klilyan
as Security Officer Assistant
Shlomo Knafo
as Knafo
Dina Ladani
as Maha
Rami Livneh
as Bebber
Omri Marian
as Television Reporter
Issa Mugrabi
as Issa
Ya'ackov Na'im
as Jailer
Shlomo Ne'er
as Menashe
Ezra Rafael
as Grandpa
Dan Raviv
as Newsman
Michael Sharfstein
as Commander, Special Unit
Ariel Shemer
as Narrator