- The film dramatizes the 1948 war through the American colonel Mickey Marcus, who trains Haganah troops and takes command of the Jerusalem front. The Arab side appears as the invading armies the new state defends against, and the one named Arab role in the cast is the Bedouin Abou Ibn Kader, played by Topol.
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
film · 1966 film directed by Melville Shavelson
- Director
- Melville Shavelson
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Distributors
- United Artists, Netflix
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- drama film, war film
- Cast
- Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Stathis Giallelis, James Donald