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Metamorphosis of a Melody

Metamorphosis of a Melody
Directed by Amos Gitai
Produced by Gala Dona Dela Rosa
Shuki Friedman
Amos Gitai
Ilan Moskovitch
Laurent Truchot
Starring Ronit Elkabetz
Samuel Fuller
Music by
Simon Stockhausen
Cinematography Etai Arbel
Amos Gitai
Jorge Gurvich
Edited by Oren Medics
Marco Melani
Production
company
Agav Films
Capital Studios
Release date
(Israel)
1996
Running time
93 min
Country Israel
Language Hebrew

Metamorphosis of a Melody (original title: Milim) is a 1996 Israeli drama film by Amos Gitai. The film starring Ronit Elkabetz and Samuel Fuller is based on The Jewish War by Josephus. It is a cinematic realisation of stage-based productions by Gitai.

The film follows Jewish resistance as they face a series of challenges against the Romans. Chronicling the capture of Jerusalem by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 164 BC to the fall and destruction of Jerusalem in the First Jewish-Roman War in AD 70.



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