Exodus

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Exodus

1960,

3h 27m,

History/

Drama

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65%

17 Reviews

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69%

2,500+ Ratings

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69%

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2,500+ Ratings

Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

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John Gillett

Sight & Sound

Feb 11, 2020

Exodus, then, sees Preminger's sheer movie-making talent at its most extended. Unhappily, the ability to sustain a large canvas does not necessarily result in a good film.

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Tom Milne

Time Out

Jan 26, 2006

Watchable mainly for the sheer skill and drive of Preminger's direction, although at 220 minutes even that long outstays its welcome.

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

May 9, 2005

4/5

In the end, one should take from this picture a shaken feeling of having been through a lot of harsh and ennobling experiences.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

May 13, 2026

3/4

There’s something to be said for the streamlining of so much historical content (and, yes, fictional deviations) found in Uris’ bowling-ball-sized novel.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Jul 20, 2021

The depiction of the founding of the modern state of Israel requires an epic film but the film takes a number of liberties--to be fair, the book is historical fiction.

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Clyde Gilmour

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 31, 2019

Most of the time seems well spent, although Dalton Trumbo's otherwise skilful screenplay includes too many garrulous slowdowns while the characters discuss their conflicting ideologies.

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Luke R

Apr 13, 2019

This film highlights the antisemitism that still existed after the second world war without bashing Arabs and Muslims. The land the Jews in the story were residing in at the time later in the movie was provided to them by an Arab. This movie isn't for ever one, and is quite long, however those who are interested in the film will love it.

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Feb 1, 2019

The best inspiring movie ever made! With the best movie score ever composed!

Luke R

Aug 11, 2018

Dispels the aromatic jihadi propaganda

Poe R

Jul 13, 2018

Otto Preminger was clearly having an off-day when he cast blond blue-eyed Paul Newman as the Jewish renegade leading a horde of refugees into Palestine at the birth of Israel. Incoherent, endless, turgidly written, directed and acted - this is at times exasperating cinema. Sal Mineo is the only performer to emerge with credit. Extraordinary to realise this was made in the same year as Psycho and shares the same screenwriter as Spartacus (Dalton Trumbo).

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Ron W

Mar 25, 2018

Preminger's ambitious chronicle of the formation of the State of Israel contains some stirring moments, but as an epic it's too sprawling, overlong, and lacks dramatic center.

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Leia R

Dec 3, 2017

A troubling historical drama which entwines the birth of a nation with the ugly truth that nearly every country is born of violence & personal loss - even the USA.

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Paul Newman

Ari Ben Canaan

Eva Marie Saint

Kitty Fremont

Ralph Richardson

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Peter Lawford

Maj. Caldwell

Lee J. Cobb

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Synopsis

Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Director: Otto Preminger
Producer: Otto Preminger
Screenwriter: Dalton Trumbo, Leon Uris
Distributor: United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Alpha Films, Carlyle Productions
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 27, 1960, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2018
Runtime: 3h 27m
Sound Mix: Magnetic Stereo 6 Track
Aspect Ratio: 70mm

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