TO CONQUER THE MOUNTAIN-OR DIE:
THE LIFE OF MENACHEM BEGIN
Director: Nissim Mossek
Length: 52 min.
Synopsis: For years he was the most hunted terrorist on the British "wanted" lists. For years he was the most outcast political figure in the Jewish world. Menachem Begin took the secret of his resignation to the grave.

This program reveals an in-depth picture of the life and struggles of this complicated politician. Utilizing interviews of those who know Begin best: such as former Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Shamir, and Irgun Second-In-Command, Ya’acov Meridor, the documentary allows the audience to get to know Begin on a personal level.

In particular, this documentary theorizes as to why Begin resigned from his position as Prime Minister and details the events that surrounded his resignation. Interestingly, information being brought to light as recently as November 1997 (as a result of a libel suit involving Ariel Sharon) confirms many of the theories represented in the documentary. Though Menachem Begin took the secret of his resignation with him to the grave, the public’s curiosity of what really happened has never died. (56 min.)

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RABIN REMMBERS
Director: Nissim Mossek
Length: 52 min.
Synopsis: Learn how Yitzhak Rabin viewed the wars that took place in his homeland and how this one-time war-hawk became a peace-dove.

This riveting interview, conducted a few months before his assassination, not only serves as an excellent guide to Israeli military history, but also allows one to understand war in the eyes of a leader, namely Yitzhak Rabin. (60 min.)

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AIMING HIGH THE HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE
Director: Nissim Mossek
Length: 52 min.
Synopsis: The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is much more than a fighting machine; it is a central element of Israel’s identity. This film includes exclusive access, which has enabled us to profile the people who make the IAF what it is today, and those who hope to carry it into the future. Join us as we learn what it takes to be a “top gun” pilot in the IAF and gain insights into the life and times of these incredible pilots. (52 min.)

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WAR AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Director: Yariv Horowitz
Length: 52 min.
Synopsis: Documentary detailing the Arab-Israeli conflict - the wars fought for
Israel's survival, and the first attempts at peace. The film reveals previously censored material, and unveils unpublished deals concerning arms and nuclear reactors. 60 min.

Price: 25$

ADOLPH EICHMANN: THE SECRET MEMOIRS
Director: Nissim Mossek, Alan Rosenthal
Length: 112 min. (two parts: 52X2)
Synopsis: He was responsible for the murder of six million Jews, but forty years after his execution he still remains an enigma. How did this mediocre traveling oil salesman rise to power in the SS? What drove him? What was the secret of his success? Who was the real Adolph Eichmann?

Adolph Eichmann – the Secret Memoirs is not just an in-depth profile of one man. Shot all over Europe, it is also the first comprehensive film to expose Eichmann’s environment and analyze the tragedy of the “Final Solution” as seen by the insiders - the murderers themselves.

The Secret Memoirs is largely based on Eichmann’s newly released secret diaries and for the first time ever gives the public a unique insight into his motives and inner thoughts. Eichmann relates, plainly and bluntly, how he perfected the Eichmann system that led directly to the gas chambers.

It also uses newly discovered materials from the East German Stasi files, and rarely seen archive footage. It includes interviews with those who met Eichmann, such as his Jewish cook who watched him kill a child, Teddy Kollek, who negotiated with him in Vienna, Eli Wiesel who saw Eichmann inspecting the death transports and the prison guard who hanged him.

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STALIN’S LAST PURGE
Director: Alan Rosenthal
Length: 60 min.
Synopsis: Shot in Russia, Israel and the USA this one hour documentary special takes
us back to the USSR in the late forties. It is a USSR where Stalin reigns
supreme. After the devastating patriotic war against the Nazis in which over
twenty million citizens have died Stalin is seen as King, God, Messiah rolled
into one.

The murderous purges of the thirties, when Stalin executed old friends, comrades, and the elite of his army officers are only mentioned in whispers. The millions who were exiled or died in the Gulag have been wiped from history. This is the new USSR. Or is it?

The Cold war is unfolding, and Stalin’s paranoia is increasing. He sees real and imagined enemies everywhere but plans his final purge to destroy them all. Once more he will let loose the terror. Once more there will be the cry in the night, the knock on the door and the bullet in the neck.

Stalin’s Last Purge not only details the devious plots of Stalin’s last years but is also the first comprehensive film to examine his actions from the point of view of Russia’s Jewish leaders. Many of them, passionate supporters of Stalin in the war, were later accused of treason and hunted down by his secret police.

In 1943 Solomon Mikhoels, the gifted director of Moscow’s famous Yiddish theatre wins tremendous support for Stalin in the USA. His reward? Assassination by night. Fifteen writers and intellectuals who spearhead and inspire the overall Jewish war effort in the USSR are put on secret trial in the Lubianka prison and subsequently murdered.

Then in the infamous Doctors Plot of 1953 Stalin sets in motion a scheme he hopes will finally crush all his enemies. First he will create a climate of all embracing fear. Then, under its dark cloak, purge and possibly exile millions of Jews. Next gut his secret service and finally move on imagined rivals such as Mikoyan, and Beria.

Survivors and relatives of Stalin’s victims, including the daughters of director Solomon Mikhoels and the son of writer Peretz Markish, provide poignant eyewitness accounts, while eminent scholars clarify the historical context.

Much of the material used in Stalin’s Last Purge has only recently become available. The opening of the Soviet archives in the nineteen nineties uncovered a treasure trove of secret information about the USSR. These revelations, together with the new interviews and rarely seen archive materials present the viewer with an unforgettable and riveting story about Stalin, and about life and terror in the former Soviet police state.

Price: 25$

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