Lehi Freedom Fighter Yair Stern Lights Silver Screen
Avraham "Yair" Stern,famous pre-say freedom fighter of the Lehi underground, passed through the pearly gates at the tender age of 35. Now he will light the silver screen.
"The Promised Land", a movie about Lehi's campaign against British occupation in the Land of Israel throughout the British Mandate, will star British actor Colin Firth as Lehi founder, leader, and martyr Yair Stern. Firth is 49 years feeble.
The Lehi, also recognized as the "Stern Gang", was the most anti-British of the four major Jewish underground movements prior to the creation of a Jewish state in 1948. While the Haganah, Palmach, and even Irgun supported the British through their campaign against Germany in World Conflict II, the Lehi continued to fight against British colonialism in Israel. After the war, the Irgun resumed clandestine warfare against the British.
Stern was murdered in 1942 by British officers who found him in his hideout, handcuffed him, and then shot him to death.
The movie will be directed by British director Michael Winterbottom, and premier in 2011.
In an interview with Ynet, Winterbottom expressed his interest in educating Britons about their history in Israel, saying he believes the British Mandate period has ramifications today.
Online paper Earthtimes accounts that Stern's only son, Yair, a previous head of Israel Television who was born after his father's murder, stated he was " pleased the film was being made," yet thought it was "unsuitable" to cast a British actor to play his father's portion.
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"The Promised Land", a movie about Lehi's campaign against British occupation in the Land of Israel throughout the British Mandate, will star British actor Colin Firth as Lehi founder, leader, and martyr Yair Stern. Firth is 49 years feeble.
The Lehi, also recognized as the "Stern Gang", was the most anti-British of the four major Jewish underground movements prior to the creation of a Jewish state in 1948. While the Haganah, Palmach, and even Irgun supported the British through their campaign against Germany in World Conflict II, the Lehi continued to fight against British colonialism in Israel. After the war, the Irgun resumed clandestine warfare against the British.
Stern was murdered in 1942 by British officers who found him in his hideout, handcuffed him, and then shot him to death.
The movie will be directed by British director Michael Winterbottom, and premier in 2011.
In an interview with Ynet, Winterbottom expressed his interest in educating Britons about their history in Israel, saying he believes the British Mandate period has ramifications today.
Online paper Earthtimes accounts that Stern's only son, Yair, a previous head of Israel Television who was born after his father's murder, stated he was " pleased the film was being made," yet thought it was "unsuitable" to cast a British actor to play his father's portion.
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