Hanna K.

Hanna K.

100 mins | Drama | Sept. 7, 1983

Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman has her beliefs challenged when she is appointed to the defense of Selim Bakri. Kaufman, who was born in the United States to survivors of the Holocaust, has always accepted Israel's right to exist. But she bears witness to some of the costs of its sovereignty when she meets Bakri, a dispossessed Palestinian man facing serious criminal charges who wants the same thing as his supposed enemies: to reclaim his family home.

Hanna K.

100 mins | Drama | Sept. 7, 1983

Hanna K.
Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman has her beliefs challenged when she is appointed to the defense of Selim Bakri. Kaufman, who was born in the United States to survivors of the Holocaust, has always accepted Israel's right to exist. But she bears witness to some of the costs of its sovereignty when she meets Bakri, a dispossessed Palestinian man facing serious criminal charges who wants the same thing as his supposed enemies: to reclaim his family home.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Hanna K.
Directors Claire Denis, Costa-Gavras
Writers Franco Solinas, Costa-Gavras

Cast

Jill Clayburgh

as Hanna Kaufman

Jean Yanne

as Victor Bonnet

Gabriel Byrne

as Joshué Herzog

David Clennon

as Ammon

Shimon Finkel

as Professor Leventhal

Oded Kotler

as The Stranger

Michal Bat-Adam

as Russian Woman

Dafna Levy

as Dafna

Dan Muggia

as Allenby Bridge Captain

Robert Sommer

as President of the Court

Ronald Guttman

as Warden

Bruno Corazzari

as President of the Court

Amnon Kapeliouk

as Judge

Dalik Wollinitz

as Check Point Sergeant

Luca Barbareschi

as Young Lawyer

Gideon Amir

as Court Lawyer

William Berger

as German Journalist

Murray Gronwall

as Jail Interpreter

Cyrus Elias

as Jail Parlor Guard

Izviad Arad

as Tourist Guide

Jacques Cohen

as Man at Airport

Uri Gavriel

as Airport Barman

Manuel Cauchi

as Beach Barman / Airport Controller

Edward Betz

as Court Usher

Sarit Shatzki

as Ludmilla

Tal Ron

as Village Captain

Zinedine Soualem

as Villiage Sergeant

Esther Zewko

as TWA Air Hostess

Roy Baranes

as Palestinian Defendant

Moffed Titi

as Palestinian Defendant

Kassim Arian

as Palestinian Defendant

Michael Greenspan

as TV Speaker

Yoram Loewenstein

as Irritated Tourist

Abou Barakat

as Old Shepherd

Dalia Zagni

as (uncredited)

Mohammad Bakri

as Selim Bakri