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Bookmark this pageExodus (1960)
Director: Otto Preminger
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From Time Out Film Guide
Touted as a masterpiece by stout Premingerites; but with one eye on the box-office, the other on avoiding giving offence, this adaptation of Leon Uris' blockbusting novel about the founding of modern Israel could hardly be anything but a compromise. Moral issues are raised, only to be forgotten in urgent deluges of action or romance; characters are all fashioned strictly to stereotype; and for all its caution, it finally comes across (especially in view of subsequent history) as a pretty objectionably blinkered slice of Zionist propaganda. Watchable mainly for the sheer skill and drive of Preminger's direction, although at 220 minutes even that long outstays its welcome.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Otto Preminger
Producer: Otto Preminger
Cast: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J Cobb, Sal Mineo, John Derek, Hugh Griffith, Felix Aylmer, Jill Hayworth full cast
Duration: 220 mins
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