Judith is a
1966 drama film made by Command Productions, Cumulus Productions and
Paramount Pictures. It was directed by
Daniel Mann, produced by Kurt Unger from a screenplay by
John Michael Hayes based on the story by
Lawrence Durrell. The music score was by
Sol Kaplan and the cinematography by
John Wilcox.
The film stars
Sophia Loren,
Peter Finch and
Jack Hawkins with
Hans Verner,
Frank Wolff,
Shraga Friedman,
André Morell,
Zaharira Harifai,
Terence Alexander and
Daniel Ocko.
Plot
In
Palestine shortly before the end of the
British mandate, the
Haganah has learnt that a former German
tank commander, General Gustav Schiller (Hans Verner), is teaching the Arabs battle tactics, but they are unable to locate him. Then they learn of the existence of his
Jewish former wife, Judith Auerbach Schiller (Sophia Loren), and arrange for her to be smuggled into Palestine via the port of
Haifa. She is placed in the care of Aaron Stein (Peter Finch), a Haganah commander, at a
Kibbutz.
