The Story of the Shipwrecked from the Patria

Synopsis

On November 25, 1940, the SS Patria sank in the port of Haifa killing 267 people. The ship was carrying almost 1,800 Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe whom the British authorities were deporting from Mandatory Palestine to Mauritius because they lacked entry permits. Opposed to the deportation, the Haganah planted a bomb intended to disable the ship to prevent it from leaving Haifa. However, they miscalculated the effects of the explosion and the bomb sank the ship in less than 16 minutes (Dir. Pavel Štingl, 2006, 45 min.). Pavel Stingl an award winning documentary filmmaker studied at the Film and Television Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). The screening is part of the ongoing “Docs in Salute” film series presented by the Library of Congress in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic.

Main Cast

Tomáš Töpfer

Narrator (voice)

Age : 73 | Popularity : 18%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Pavel Štingl
Crew	Dramaturgy	Hana Jemelíková
Camera	Additional Camera	Vladimír Holomek
	Director of Photography	Martin Kubala
Sound	Sound	Jan Zikmund
	Music Director	Václav Fiala
Editing	Editor	Milan Justin
Production	Production Manager	Alona Abt Markéta Štinglová Dagmar Stehlíková
Writing	Story	Pavel Štingl
	Screenplay	Pavel Štingl
Department	Role	Name

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