Hanna's War (1988): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1988, Hanna's War is a drama and war film directed by Menahem Golan, running about 148 minutes.

What it’s about. Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a commando. After completing her training in Britain, she parachutes into Yugoslavia with a commando team to establish escape routes across the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border for downed British pilots. Her attempts to save Hungarian Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, however, leads to her capture, torture and demise at the hands of the Gestapo and the Nazi-controlled Hungarian police.

Who’s in it. Hanna's War stars Ellen Burstyn as Katalin, Maruschka Detmers as Hanna, Anthony Andrews as McCormack and Donald Pleasence as Captain Thomas Rosza, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Hanna's War has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel and Philo. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Hanna's War page.

If you liked it. Fans of Hanna's War tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.