The Red Sea Diving Resort

The Red Sea Diving Resort

In the 1980s one partnership saved thousands of lives

R 2019 · 130 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama, Thriller, History

Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake diving resort by the Red Sea.

Directed by Gideon Raff · Written by Gideon Raff

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