''War and Love'' is a 1985 American

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Moshé Mizrahi Moshé Mizrahi ( he, משה מזרחי; 5 September 1931 – 3 August 2018) was an Israeli film director. Biography He was born in Egypt, migrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1946, and studied filmmaking in France in 1950. He directed the Oscar-wi ...

, written by

Abby Mann Abby Mann (December 1, 1927 – March 25, 2008) was an American film writer and producer. Life and career The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Mann was born as Abraham Goodman in Philadelphia. He grew up in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. D ...

, and starring Sebastian Keneas,

Kyra Sedgwick Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (; born August 19, 1965) is an American actress, producer and director. For her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama ''The Closer'', she won a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Awa ...

David Spielberg David Spielberg (March 6, 1939 – June 1, 2016) was an American television and film actor. Early years Spielberg was born in Weslaco, Texas, and was a resident of Mercedes, Texas. His father was a Romanian-Jewish immigrant, and his mother was a ...

, Cheryl Gianini, Eda Reiss Merin and Brita Youngblood. It was released on September 13, 1985, by The Cannon Group, Inc.

Plot

Cast

*Sebastian Keneas as Jacek *

as Halina *

as Aron *Cheryl Gianini as Zlatka *Eda Reiss Merin as Masha *Brita Youngblood as Hela *Reuel Schiller as Lutek *Eric Faber as Yankele *

Stephen Mailer Stephen McLeod Mailer (born March 10, 1966) is an American stage and screen actor. His credits include appearances in films like ''Cry-Baby'', ''Baby Mama'', and '' Another Woman'' and the television shows ''Gilmore Girls'', '' Law & Order: Speci ...

as Sevek *Matthew Bonfiglio as Rudy *

Liliana Komorowska Liliana Komorowska (born 11 April 1956) is a Polish actress and filmmaker. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1964. Selected filmography References External links * * 1956 births Living people Actresses from Gdańsk Po ...

as Esther *

Dennis Boutsikaris Dennis Boutsikaris (; born December 21, 1952) is an American character actor who has won the Obie Award twice. He is also a narrator of audiobooks, for which he has won 13 Golden Earphone Awards and 8 Audie Awards. He won Best Audiobook of the Y ...

as Marek *Shmuel Wolf as Warszawski *

Lee Wallace Lee Wallace (born 1 August 1987) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He represented the Scotland national team with 10 caps. Wallace started his career Heart of Midlothian, making his debut in 2005 at age seventeen, and joined Ran ...

as Oskar Kohn * Alan Feinstein as Franek *

Gerald Hiken Gerald Hiken (May 27, 1927 – January 6, 2021) was an American actor. Career A native of Milwaukee, he studied acting at HB Studio in New York City. Hiken was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1980 for his performance in ...

as Reb Shulem *Paul Zim as Cantor * Larry Atlas as Sarge *

Evan Handler Evan Handler (born January 10, 1961) is an American actor who is best known for playing Harry Goldenblatt, a divorce attorney and later husband of Charlotte York on ''Sex and the City'' (2002–2004) and its revival series ''And Just Like That…' ...

as Elie *Leopold Kozlowski as Band Leader *

Gołda Tencer Gołda Tencer ( yid. גאָלדע טענצער, born 2 August 1949 in Łódź) is a Polish actress and singer. Gołda Tencer was born to a Jewish family, the daughter of Szmul and Sonia Tencer. In 1971 she graduated from Actors Studio in Warsaw ...

as Singer / Mother

References

External links

* * 1985 films American drama films 1985 drama films Films directed by Moshé Mizrahi Films set in the 1940s Holocaust films Films set in Warsaw 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{1980s-drama-film-stub