Independent Lens Season 11 Episode 20 Blessed Is the Match 2009
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Joan Allen narrates this film about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis.
- Released: 2010-04-13
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Stanley Tucci
- Director:
