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Rabin in his Own Words
20 years after his assassination, Yitzhak Rabin himself tells his dramatic life story.
Without commentators or mediators, director Erez Laufer brings to the screen the story of one of Israel’s most prominent leaders in his own words.
Through a combination of rare archive footage, home movies and private letters, his personal and professional dramas unfold before the viewer’s eyes – from his childhood as the son of a labor leader before the founding of the state, through a change of viewpoint that turned him from a farmer into an army man who stood at some of the most critical junctures in Israeli history, through a brilliant diplomatic career as Israeli ambassador to the United States and his entry into the Israeli political arena, through his later years in which he made moves that enraged a large portion of the public, until the horrific moment when his political career and life were suddenly brought to an end.
Festivals and Awards:
Official Selection - Hot Docs Film Festival, Canada 2016; Best Documentary Film Award , The Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2015
Director: Erez Laufer
Producer: Orly Topel, Vivi Halpern
Production Company: Kol Miney Productions
Editor: Erez Laufer
Soundtrack Editor: Erez Einy-Shavit
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yes Docu
Musicians: Yehuda Poliker. Musical Arrangement and Production: Ron Karseboom. Pianist: Maayan Hirschnein
Script: Erez Laufer Erez Laufer
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: רבין במילותיו שלו
20 years after his assassination, Yitzhak Rabin himself tells his dramatic life story.
Without commentators or mediators, director Erez Laufer brings to the screen the story of one of Israel’s most prominent leaders in his own words.
Through a combination of rare archive footage, home movies and private letters, his personal and professional dramas unfold before the viewer’s eyes – from his childhood as the son of a labor leader before the founding of the state, through a change of viewpoint that turned him from a farmer into an army man who stood at some of the most critical junctures in Israeli history, through a brilliant diplomatic career as Israeli ambassador to the United States and his entry into the Israeli political arena, through his later years in which he made moves that enraged a large portion of the public, until the horrific moment when his political career and life were suddenly brought to an end.
Festivals and Awards:
Official Selection - Hot Docs Film Festival, Canada 2016; Best Documentary Film Award , The Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2015
Director: Erez Laufer
Producer: Orly Topel, Vivi Halpern
Production Company: Kol Miney Productions
Editor: Erez Laufer
Soundtrack Editor: Erez Einy-Shavit
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yes Docu
Musicians: Yehuda Poliker. Musical Arrangement and Production: Ron Karseboom. Pianist: Maayan Hirschnein
Script: Erez Laufer Erez Laufer
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: רבין במילותיו שלו