Ha'Bodedim

The Loners

The story of two „lone soldiers“, immigrants to Israel on their own, without families, one from Russia and the other from the Caucasus. Despite being highly motivated with a deep desire to excel and contribute to the country, the two fall into a predictable trap awaiting those who are foreign, alone and unprotected, without home, family and homeland. The film, in Russian and Hebrew, is based on events that took place in a military prison in Northern Israel in 1997.

Director's Biography
Renen Schorr, geb. 1952 in Jerusalem, Israel. Filmstudium an der Universität von Tel Aviv. Der Regisseur ist Gründer und Direktor der Sam Spiegel Film & Television School in Jerusalem, Initiator und Gründer von vier israelischen Filmförderungen. 1987 gewann Late Summer Blues, ein Porträt von Jugendlichen vor dem Antritt ihres Wehrdienstes, den Silver Menorah Award als Bester Film, der als israelischer Oscar gilt.

Filme (Auswahl): After Duty (1977, KF), The Battle of Fort Williams (1981, KF), Wedding in Jerusalem (1985, KF), Blues Lahofesh Hagadol (Late Summer Blues, 1987), HaBodedim (’09)
Special 2011
Renen Schorr
Israel 2009
color
92 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Guy Meirson, Renen Schorr, Moshe Zonder, Nir Bergmann
Cinematography David Gurfinkel
Editing Einat Glaser Zarhin
Sound/Sounddesign Aviv Aldema
Music Shemndash, Shem-Tov Levy
With Sasha Agrounov, Anton Ostrovsky, Henri David, Rotem Zisman-Cohen, Arieh Cherner, Tzahi Grad
Production
Norma Productions 18th Levontin Street 65112 Tel Aviv Israel T +972 3 56 09311 F +972 3 56 09443 info@norma.co.il www.norma.co.il