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Blessed is the Match

Directed by Roberta Grossman

USA | 86 minutes | 2008

Narrated by Academy Award winner Joan Allen, the multi-award winning Blessed is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, she joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. Shockingly, it was the only outside rescue mission for Jews during the Holocaust. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Her mother Catherine witnessed the entire ordeal - first as a prisoner with Hannah and later as her advocate, braving the bombed-out streets of Budapest in a desperate attempt to save Hannah. With unprecedented access to the Senesh family archive, this powerful story unfolds through the writings and photographs of Hannah and Catherine Senesh.
Director Roberta Grossman
Countries of Production USA
Year of Presentation 2008
Language(s)
Premiere Status
Runtime 86 minutes
Principal Cast Joan Allen, Peter Hay, Judy Baumel-Schwartz, Michael Berenbaum
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