Kippur
2000 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 1,957 VOTES · DIR. Amos Gitai
Overview
The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that begins with quiet city streets, but ends with death, destruction and devastation of both body and mind. Various scenes are awash in the surreal, as Weinraub's head hangs out over a rescue helicopter's open door, watching with tranquil desperation as the earth passes beneath, the overpowering whir of the blades creating a hypnotic state. It is not a traditional blood, guts and glory film. There are no men in battle, only the rescue crew trying to pick up the broken pieces.
Dialogue Timeline — 587 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:07 This is Galei Tsahal, the Israeli Defense Forces Radio.
00:05:30 A car is for carrying people. Not to show social status.
00:09:01 Move over!
00:12:40 I have news for you. Your unit has left.
00:13:58 We have to find the others.
00:17:04 We'd only see the war from up high.
00:21:24 A pilot, a co-pilot, a mechanic,
00:22:48 We've had heavy losses.
00:25:39 - We have to evacuate them, doctor. - There's nothing to evacuate.
00:33:50 Get the kit! We have to intubate him.
00:36:40 Come back, I've got more casualties. Come back fast!
00:45:30 At the time I was in Belgium, in a hospital.
00:48:18 Look at the headline in "Ha'aretz".
00:51:43 I'm half Belgian, half Polish.
00:53:53 was smiling down at me...
01:01:31 Stretchers, over here!
01:07:59 What?
01:13:59 Get him off me!
01:18:18 Take me in your arms, Klauzner, hug me!
01:21:22 No, we're taking him.
01:37:22 Put your head down.
01:39:16 I see...
01:40:47 it was shrapnel, we made an emergency landing,
01:50:40 Processed by L.V.T.