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Palestine 36

Palestine 36

7,8 /10 (69 Votes)
2025 EN 120 min

Overview

Year 1936. As villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe and some arriving with nefarious Zionist-colonial ambitions, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.

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Release date

31/10/2025

Votes

69

Popularity

3.7

The uprising that took on an empire

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

120 min

Revenue

$650,000

Website

film.curzon.com
Karim Daoud Anaya

Karim Daoud Anaya

Yusuf

Hiam Abbass

Hiam Abbass

Hanan

Robert Aramayo

Robert Aramayo

Captain Wingate

Billy Howle

Billy Howle

Thomas Hopkins

Dhafer L'Abidine

Dhafer L'Abidine

Amir

Yasmine Al Massri

Yasmine Al Massri

Khouloud

Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham

Charles Tegart

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

High Commissioner Wauchope

Ward Helou

Ward Helou

Kareem

Yafa Bakri

Yafa Bakri

Rabab

Wardi Eilabouni

Wardi Eilabouni

Afra

Saleh Bakri

Saleh Bakri

Khalid

Jalal Altawil

Jalal Altawil

Father Boulos

Kamel El Basha

Kamel El Basha

Abu Rabab

Joanna Arida

Joanna Arida

Dyala's Cousin

Sofia Asir

Sofia Asir

Dyala

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Eid Aziz

Abu Yusuf

Samer Bisharat

Samer Bisharat

Payroll Sami

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Hussam Abu Eisheh

Al Basma Mukhtar

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Maher

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Firas Farrah

Nasri

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Lewis Fox-James

Port Manager

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Amara Ghandi

Kareem's sister

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Zaid Ghazal

Nayef

Sam Hoare

Sam Hoare

Diplomat Charles

Eyad Hourani

Eyad Hourani

Qusay

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Maya Omaia Keesh

Khalid's love

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Aya Khalaf

Jenin

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Maryam Abu Khaled

Woman Protestor

Anwar Khalil

Anwar Khalil

Naim

Yahya Mahayni

Yahya Mahayni

Al Qawuqji

Yumna Marwan

Yumna Marwan

Um Kareem

Nicholas Moss

Nicholas Moss

Officer Stokes

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Musa Nazzal

Rebel

Areen Omari

Areen Omari

Aroob

Nabil Al Raee

Nabil Al Raee

Abu Azmi

No photo

Mohammad Rasheed

Leader

Saleh Saadi

Saleh Saadi

Tareq

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Amin Safi

Shoe client

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Waleed Abdul Salam

Arab leader

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Riyad Sliman

Thaer

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Mo'min Swaitat

Sameh

Ula Tabari

Ula Tabari

Matiel Mogannam

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Ahmed Tobasi

Man on the bus

Christopher Villiers

Christopher Villiers

Radio Broadcaster

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Shada Yasine

Samia

Ahmad Kaabour

Ahmad Kaabour

Krikorian Jr.

Muhammad Abed Elrahman

Muhammad Abed Elrahman

Villager

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Saleem Aldabeek

Villager

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Waleed Jizawi

Villager

Finlay James

Finlay James

British Soldier

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Sam Peace

British soldier

George Smale

George Smale

British soldier

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Francis Redfern

British soldier

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Azzam Fakhrildin

Association Member

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Anas Khalaf

Association Member

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Assaf al Rousan

Association Member

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Amer Daqqaq

Business Man

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-11-27

⭐ 7

With the British Empire trying to reconcile it’s own Palestinian agenda with those of the indigenous cotton farmers and a burgeoning, homeless, Jewish population arriving with expectations of their own homeland, this film follows events through the eyes of “Yusuf” (Karim Daoud Anaya) as he finds himself drawn into the conflict. He comes from a rural village but works part-time for a local publisher whose wife (Yasmine Al Massri) is a clandestine writer of articles on freedom for the Palestinians. These commentaries become more pertinent as the frequent theft of traditional lands for allocation…

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Puffypoofy

2026-01-21

⭐ 1

By Oren Kessler, author of the book 'Palestine 1936'> I have a number of quarrels with this film but I’ve limited myself to three of its most egregious failings: > > The utter distortion of how Jews acquired land (whatever land they owned was paid for – not “transferred” over by perfidious Brits) > > The complete absence of a guy named Hajj Amin al-Husseini (maybe you’ve heard of him) > > The silencing of the nearly 400,000 Jews who lived in Mandate Palestine in 1936. I don’t mean metaphorically. I mean there are exactly two words spoken by a Jewish character in as many hours of …

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