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Beyond the Walls

4.7 103 mins Drama   1984
April Films  
Director(s): Uri Barbash

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.

Casts of Beyond the Walls

Arnon Zadok

as Uri

Assi Dayan

as Assaf

Rami Danon

as Pitoosy

Boaz Sharabi

as 'Nightingale'

Roberto Pollack

as Yechiel

Haim Shinar

as Hoffman

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

Ya'ackov Ayali

as Rashid

Edward Mualem

as Deaf Mute

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

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