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Release, runtime and language
1955 · 29 mins · English
Directed by
Joseph H. Lewis
Starring
Walter Brennan, Broderick Crawford, J. Carrol Naish, John Qualen, Robert Dix, Peter Brocco

Six immigrants from different countries travel together on a bus across the Negev Desert and become stranded overnight. While waiting, each passenger recounts the personal circumstances that led them to make aliyah, revealing a mosaic of hopes, hardships and cultural memories that shape their new life in Israel.

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