Train of Life(1998)
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
Movie: Train of Life
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Shlomo
Mordechai
Rabbi
Esther
Yossi
Schmecht
Yankele
Manzatou
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