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Metamorphosis of a Melody
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Wikipedia article
'Milim' (Hebrew "words"), English title 'Metamorphosis of a Melody' is a 1996 Israeli drama film by Amos Gitai.Festival Book - Page 85 2004 -
Director: Amos Gitai Producer: Nicolas Blanc, Michael Tapuah, Laurent Truchot Screenplay: Amos Gitai, Marie-Jose Sanselme ... Select Filmography Milim (1996), The Arena of Murder (1996) War and Peace in Vesoul (1997) Zion, . The film starring Ronit Elkabetz and Samuel Fuller is based on 'The Jewish War' by Josephus. It is a cinematic realisation of stage-based productions by Gitai.
Plot
The film follows Jewish resistance as they face a series of challenges against the Romans. Chronicling the capture of Jerusalem by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 164 BC to the fall and destruction of Jerusalem in the First Jewish-Roman War in AD 70.[http://www.film.com/movies/metamorphosis-of-a-melody/14579277 Metamorphosis of a Melody] Film.com. Retrieved on 5 July 2010
Cast
*Ronit Elkabetz
*Samuel Fuller as Flavius (narrator)
*Efratia Gitai as Memory Holder
*Masha Itkina as Nightingale
*Jerome Koenig as Emperor Titus
*Enrico Lo Verso as Defender of Masada
*Ilan Mosovitch
*Shuli Rand as The Cantor
*Hanna Schygulla as Spirit of Exile
References
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