
Hanna's War
Seen it?1988 | 148 min | Drama, War
Why it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and mixed reviews, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of anyone interested in what war does to ordinary people and anyone who loves a strong drama. Best on a quiet night when you're in the mood to feel something.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Lets scenes breathe, at 2 hr 28 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
- Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.
Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a commando. After completing her training in Britain, she parachutes into Yugoslavia with a commando team to establish escape routes across the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border for downed British pilots. Her attempts to save Hungarian Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, however, leads to her capture, torture and demise at the hands of the Gestapo and the Nazi-controlled Hungarian police.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
Mixed reviews
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$140K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 13K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Menahem Golan
- Ellen BurstynKatalin
- Maruschka DetmersHanna
- Anthony AndrewsMcCormack
- Donald PleasenceCaptain Thomas Rosza
- David WarnerCaptain Julian Simon
- Vincent RiottaYoel (as Vincenzo Ricotta)
- Christopher FairbankRuven
- Robert JacksPeretz
- Serge El-BazTony
- Eli GorensteinAba