Rent The Promise (2011)
4.1 of 5 from 91 ratings
5h 54min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Just as 18-year-old Londoner Erin (Claire Foy) sets off to spend summer in Israel with her best friend Eliza (Perdita Weeks), she enearths an old diary belonging to her seriously ill grandfather, Len (Christian Cooke). Intrigued by the life of this old man she barely knows, she takes the diary with her, and is stunned to learn of his part in the post-WWII British peace-keeping force in what was then Palestine. Left to her own devices when Eliza begins National Service in the Israeli army, Erin witnesses the complexities of life - for both Jews and Arabs - in this troubled land. And as Len's story comes to life from the pages of the diary, Erin discovers the disturbing truths about his time in Palestine and the atrocities he witnessed in the 1940s. Retracing Len's steps in modern-day Israel, Erin sets out on a heart-breaking journey in an effort to understand… - Actors:
- Claire Foy, Christian Cooke, Itay Tiran, Katharina Schüttler, Haaz Sleiman, Ali Suliman, Perdita Weeks, Ben Miles, Smadi Wolfman, Holly Aird, Hiam Abbass, Lucas Gregorowicz, Luke Allen-Gale, Iain McKee, Paul Anderson, Max Deacon, Pip Torrens, Ben Batt, Colin Harris, Amir Najjar
- Directors:
- Peter Kosminsky
- Producers:
- Hal Vogel
- Writers:
- Peter Kosminsky
- Studio:
- Channel 4
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/02/2011
- Run Time:
- 354 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with Director Peter Kosminksy and Producer Hal Vogel (Episode One and Deleted Scenes)
- Over an Hour of Behind the Scenes Featurette including Filming in Israel, Meet the Cast, Visual Effects and Casting the Actors
- Deleted Scenes
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes episodes 1 - 2
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes episodes 3 - 4
- Special Features
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