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The Red Sea Diving Resort

The Red Sea Diving Resort

In the 1980s one partnership saved thousands of lives

20196.82h 10m

Overview

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
Produced by Gideon Raff, Alexandra Milchan, Aaron L. Gilbert
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Top Cast

Chris Evans

Chris Evans

Ari Levinson

Haley Bennett

Haley Bennett

Rachel Reiter

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

Sammy Navon

Michael Kenneth Williams

Michael Kenneth Williams

Kabede Bimro

Michiel Huisman

Michiel Huisman

Jacob 'Jake' Wolf

Alex Hassell

Alex Hassell

Max Rose

Mark Ivanir

Mark Ivanir

Mossad Chief Barack Isaacs

Chris Chalk

Chris Chalk

Colonel Abdel Ahmed

Greg Kinnear

Greg Kinnear

Walton Bowen

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Ethan Levin

Themes & Keywords

israelmossadrefugee campethiopiasudanbased on true story1980srescue operationjewish historyafrican historyethiopian jews

About The Red Sea Diving Resort

The Red Sea Diving Resort is a drama, thriller, history film released in 2019 exploring themes of israel, mossad, refugee camp, ethiopia, sudan, based on true story. Directed by Gideon Raff, it stars Chris Evans, Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola. 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.

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