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Friday, July I, 1»M
THE IODTBI1N I S I A I L I T I
Back Home in Israel
“EXODUS” Relives Our Past
when you see the finished pro
duct. • '
If you look real close, you
might make out my waving <
on the right hand, side, under
that bell. . . .
We had thought, history does
not repeat itself, but here it
was, rearing its ugly head. On
top of the hill, in the historical
town of the crusaders, Acre, the
former, notorious prison of Brit
ish times had risen again. Nasty
barbed wire coiled around the
old hospital wall and large
posters proclaimed visiting hours
to political prisoners, in three
languages . . .
British uniforms and faces
standing guard, just as then—1
fumbled instinctively for my
identity-card, as 1 saw the mili
tary cars with their well known
insignia approaching.
This unconscious reflex melt
ing into an unpleasant feeling
of having gone through that
motion somewheca uv the busied
past, not too long ago, we tried
to escape. There was none, even
the museum offered no refuge.
It was' closed to visitors, on ac
count of the Exodus filming
With some relief we realized
that all this was movie-history
in the making and not the real
mcoy as we had felt minutes
before. Poor Dr. Goldmann, di
rector of the museum^ told us
of his worries. He had to pack
most of his treasures and let the
pseudo-British rulers crawl all
over the site, as the vaulted
darkness had been declared as
‘•useful background” and con
fiscated the whole area.
It had given us quite a jolt to
relive our recent painful history,
but, being Jerusalemites, we did
not see more of the Exodus hap-
■ pemngs. We had a good laugh
at the witty article, describing
the miserable Dov Landau at the
shooting of his crossing the
Haifa-street for the umpteenth
time, until Mr. Preminger was
satisfied and finally let him be
run over by the British cars.
Until last week, Jerusalem
Iivpd normal and quiet days.
But the Exodus crew came up
to 'do” Declaration of Inde
pendence Day and all was turn
ed upside down. We, who had
witnessed the historical event,
were wondering whether you
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could reproduce a special night
like that one, not so long ago.
That November night was cold
and chilly, but who cared or
even noticed. Ecstasy had gripped
our very soul, deliriously happy
all who could only walk were on
their feet. Slow and serious Jeru
salem was gay. Throngs of peo
ple streamed towards the "Agen
cy,” burst into a thunderous
Hatikva, and until dawn danc
ing, shouting, singing never end
ed, an unforgettable, wild night.
Our wonderful happiness was
shortlived, the morning brought
the first rumblings of war and
disaster. But we knew it even
then; we had the great privilege
to witness a major historical
peak in our long and painful
struggle through the ages.
The "Exodus” version of that
Declaration of the State of Is
rael nigjit was different of
course. The weather gave off a
specially hot desert wind and
at night it grew even warmer
and stickier. But some of the
excitement of times past wa3
revived, when crowds of peo
ple streamed toward the Exodus
filmsite at the Russian com
pound. This sedate seat of Is
raeli police headquarters, usual
ly so orderly and correct look
ing, was unrecognizable.
The place blazed with hot and
piercing lights, coming from
numerous floodlights. The green-
bulbed spires of the Russian
Church, usually melting unob
trusively into a hazy back
ground, now stood out in all de
tail. In twenty-five years of
looking at the same church I had
never noticed the beautiful bell
wih its rich load of ornament,
nor the interesting play of light
and shadow among the old
Jerusalem-stone walls and arch
ways around this last century
style compound.
Mr. Preminger seemed right,
the setting was really romantic,
more so than the actual location
of the historical night in the
modern courtyard of the Jewish
Agency. Here you had the feel
and atmosphere of a major
event about to happen.
Large numbers of people con
tinued to push through into the
fenced off area. In other coun
tries the film company pays its
extras. Here our good citizens
rushed up to Jerusalem from
far and near, paid one Israeli
pound entrance fee, to be filmed
in the mass scene. They had a
by REN ATE ASTAR
chance, ft they were lucky, to
win even a free trip to the States
in the lottery of their ticket-
numbers, later after the success
ful shooting.
The waiting was long, until
all was set for the big moment,
when Lee Cobb would step out
on the little balcony and make
his speech. The older people
were getting tired and sat down
on top of the lovely bushes
blooming areund the yard, prob
ably a little softer than the
rough cobblestone. The younger
set became bored staring into
the hot light and concentrating
on that small balcony. At last,
the command came over the
loudspeaker: “get ready for a
deadly calm, and the minute ,
Barak finishes his first sentence,
give a tremendous ovation:**- - -
Well, the first try was less
than satisfactory, so the Second.
We were all hot and tired and
unable to whip up the right en-
thusiams for worthy Mr. Cobb.
Suddenly, an electrifying re
mark came over the loudspeaker
that worked wonders.
“Friends, listen, you are now
in the Ramat Gan Stadium, and
our football team has just scored
their fourth goal over the Eng
lish team, let’s hear you now.”
That was IT. You will hear and
judge for yourself next fall
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