Film

Exodus 1947

8.0199756mDocumentary

Director: Elizabeth Rodgers
Year: 1997

The ship that launched a nation

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.

Top cast

Murray Aronoff

Self

Ike Aronowitz

Self

David Ben-Gurion

Self

Eli Bergman

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Moe Bernstein

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Ruth Gruber

Self

Morley Safer

Narrator (voice)

Directed by

Elizabeth Rodgers, Robby Henson

Written by

Robby Henson, Elizabeth Rodgers

Produced by

Robby Henson, Elizabeth Rodgers