The Stronghold
Release Date: 2023-08-03
Rating : 8/10
Duration : 113 minutes
Genres : Drama, War, History
Director : Lior Chefetz
Writer : Lior Chefetz
Based on real events that took place in the "Mazakh" bastion, the Yom Kippur war, the Sinai front. After a surprise Egyptian attack, 42 soldiers under the command of a young lieutenant from the Seder yeshiva, struggle to repel the enemy attacks during which many of the fighters are injured or killed. At the same time in the TAGD bunker, the Tel Avivian reserve doctor is fighting for the lives of the wounded fighters and calls for urgent evacuations that do not come. After a week of siege and fighting, the soldiers will have to choose whether to continue fighting under the orders of their commander, or to follow the plan of the reserve doctor - a plan that may save their lives. Will they decide to give up the values they were raised on and surrender, or will they fight to the last bullet?
Cast
Daniel Gad
Michael Aloni
Daniel Moreshset
Uri Blufarb
Tom Amsellem
Amir Tessler