The Ambassador 1984  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Rock Hudson, Donald Pleasence, Ellen Burstyn, Fabio Testi, Michal Bat-Adam, Chelli Goldenberg, Ori Levy, Joseph Shiloach, Zachi Noy, Uri Gavriel, Shmulik Kraus, Yossi Virginsky, Yftach Katzur, Shai Schwartz
This entertaining story involves an American ambassador, Peter Hacker (Robert Mitchum) who deals with an Israeli/Palestinian crisis while also confronting a crisis in his marriage to Alex (Ellen Burstyn). This film was made two years earlier under the title "52 Pick-Up," the title of the novel from which the story was taken.
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Hanna K. 1983  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Jean Yanne, Gabriel Byrne, Mohammed Bakri, David Clennon, Shimon Finkel, Oded Kotler, Michal Bat-Adam
A Jewish-American lawyer, Hanna Kaufman (Jill Clayburgh), lives in Tel Aviv where she opts for a relationship with a Zionist, Joshua Herzog (Gabriel Byrne), instead of Palestinian activist Selim Bakri (Mohammad Bakri) in this controversial pro-Palestinian film.
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The Impossible Spy 1987 TV, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Goddard
Cast: John Shea, Chaim Girafi, Eli Wallach, Michal Bat-Adam, Sasson Gabai, Rami Danon, Shmuel Shiloh, Yossi Kenan, Victor Kamar, Hamdi El-Asmar
This made-for-TV film tells the story of Israeli agent Eli Cohen (John Shea). Eli, a quiet family man, was asked by his government to become an undercover agent in Syria. He impersonated a businessman and was able to penetrate the highest level of the Syrian government and provided valuable information to Israel. Cohen was eventually caught and killed when warning Israel of an impending attack.
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Madame Rosa 1977 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Moshe Mizrahi
Cast: Simone Signoret, Samy Ben Youb, Claude Dauphin, Michal Bat-Adam, Gabriel Jabbour, Costa-Gavras, Bernard La Jarrige, Mohamed Zinet, Genevieve Fontanel, Elio Bencoil
A retired prostitute and Nazi concentration camp survivor, Rosa (Simone Signoret), tends the children of prostitutes. The somewhat plodding film received the Best Foreign Film Academy Award.
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| 1. The Ambassador (1984)
2. Hanna K. (1983)
3. The Impossible Spy (1987)
4. Madame Rosa (1977)
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