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A Film by Roberta Grossman

Produced by Lisa Thomas

Written and Co-Produced by Sophie Sartain

Executive Producer Marta Kauffman

Narrated by Joan Allen

Voice of Hannah Senesh
Alona Tal

Hannah Senesh
Meri Roth

Catherine Senesh
Marcela Nohýnková

Voice of Antoine Tissandier and Yoel Palgi
Mark Feuerstein

Voice of Giora Senesh and Sandor Fleischmann
Seth Numrich

Story Consultant
Eitan Senesh

Director of Photography
Dyanna Taylor

Production Designer
Frank Gampel

Editor
Blake West

Composer
Todd Boekelheide

Additional Music Arranged and Produced By
Michael Skloff

Associate Producer
Lisa Hofheimer

Line Producer
Pavlina Zipkova

Casting
Tracy Lilienfield, CSA

Production Manager
Smokey Forester

Gaffer
Eric Blum

Camera Assistant
Paul Marbury

Sound Design and Mixing
Lora Hirschberg

Post-Production Supervisor
Christian Callister

Production Coordinator
Ric Ruiz

Consulting Editor
Vivien Hillgrove

Co-Writer
Roberta Grossman

Director of Historical Research
Dr. Anna Szalai

Historical Research
Peter Hay Dr. Tamar Ketko László Ritter

Historical Consultants
Michael Berenbaum Sir Martin Gilbert Judy Baumel-Schwartz

Executive in Charge of Production
Deann Borshay Liem

Educational Outreach
Daven Gee

Operations
Beth Voge

Archival Footage
Bundesfilmarchiv / Transit Film GmbH
Foundation for Documentary Projects
Hungarian National Film Archive / Creagent Ltd.
Imperial War Museum, London
Israel Film Archive – Jerusalem Cinematheque
Moriah Films of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives of the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem and the Central Zionist Archives
WPA Film Library

Special Thanks
Elizabeth Grossman
David Senesh

In Memory of Shirley Joseph


Funding provided by
Philip and Monica Rosenthal
Righteous Persons Foundation
Foundation for Jewish Culture’s Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film
National Endowment for the Humanities
Ingrid D. Tauber Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of
San Francisco
Maurice Amado Foundation
Dr. Devra Lee Davis Charitable Foundation
Drs. Howard and Susan Mandel
Women in Film Foundation Film Finishing Fund Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation

And others. A complete list is available from PBS.

This program was produced by Katahdin Productions
which is solely responsible for its content.

© 2008, Katahdin Productions. All Rights Reserved.


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