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Director
  
Mark Jonathan Harris

Writer
  
Mark Jonathan Harris

Music director
  
Lee Holdridge

Country
  
United States

7.4/10
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Genre
  
Documentary, History, War

Initial DVD release
  
August 1, 2000

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Long Way Home (1997 film) movie poster

Release date
  
September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19)

Cast
  
Morgan Freeman
(Narrator),
Ed Asner
(Voice),
Sean Astin
(Voice),
Martin Landau
(Voice),
Miriam Margolyes
(Voice),
David Paymer
(Voice)

Similar movies
  
Lee Holdridge composed the music for The Long Way Home and Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Tagline
  
For the survivors of the Holocaust, liberation was only the beginning.

The Long Way Home is a 1997 American documentary film directed by Mark Jonathan Harris. It depicts the plight of Jewish refugees after World War II that contributed to the creation of the State of Israel.

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The film's emphasis is on the pitiful conditions for Jewish refugees in Europe after the war, as antisemitism was still rife and poverty was common. It also shows how emigration to the British Mandate of Palestine became a goal for many, but that British immigration rules often resulted in them being detained in camps in Cyprus. The eventual formation of the State of Israel is then shown, with emphasis on the debates in the White House between Palestinian Jews, President Harry S. Truman, and the United Nations.

The Long Way Home is narrated by Morgan Freeman and features the voices of Edward Asner, Sean Astin, Martin Landau, Miriam Margolyes, David Paymer, Nina Siemaszko, Helen Slater, and Michael York. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1998.

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