Plot
In Israel's Central Prison, the security officer is corrupt, supplying drugs and stirring the hatred between Jewish and Arab prisoners to his advantage. Uri, in for 12 years for armed robbery, and Issan, in for 50 years for PLO violence, command the respect of their cells. When the Arabs are framed for the murder of a Jewish prisoner and a young inmate commits suicide rather than lie about what happened, Uri and Issan form an unlikely partnership, leading the security block on a strike. Prison officials try to break it. In the background are Uri's daughter and Issan's wife, women of beauty and passion who embody the distance from inside a cell to the outside.
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Cast
Arnon Zadok
Uri
Assi Dayan
Assaf
Rami Danon
Pitoosy
Boaz Sharabi
'Nightingale'
Adib Jahschan
Roberto Pollack
Yechiel
Haim Shinar
Hoffman
Naffi Salach
Yussuf Abed A'Nur
Rashid
Avi Abuav
Jailer
Ali Al'Azaari
Hassan
Eliezer Albala
Gezer
Muhamad Ali
Issam's Brother
Yardena Arazi
Song contest host
Mohammad Bakri
Issan
Hillel Ne'eman
Lutuf Nouasser
Ya'ackov Ayali
Rashid
Edward Mualem
Deaf Mute
Peter Freistadt
Danny Bassan
Medic
Moshe Bleiman
Jailer
Yehuda Cohen
Damari
Ramzi Esmar
Mussa
Yosef Fayumi
Jailer
Motti Goldstein
Physician
Shura Greenhouse
Hoffman's Wife
Iris Kanner
Social Worker
Dana Katz
Sigi
David Kedem
Prison Warden
Nachman Klilyan
Security Officer Assistant
Shlomo Knafo
Knafo
Dina Ladani
Maha
Rami Livneh
Bebber
Omri Marian
Television Reporter
Issa Mugrabi
Issa
Ya'ackov Na'im
Jailer
Shlomo Ne'er
Menashe
Ezra Rafael
Grandpa
Dan Raviv
Newsman
Michael Sharfstein
Commander, Special Unit
Ariel Shemer
Narrator
