Although he wasn’t born when the Six Day War happened, Raz says he has “strong memories” of streets of the Old City from his “experience filming or from being a kid that was born in Jerusalem.” It’s so beautiful and historic that you cannot find the same elsewhere,” the helmer continued. Something can happen because of the political situation but this environment and this atmosphere creates a special energy.
“Jerusalem is a is a very special place to shoot.
hits of all time which was picked up internationally by Netflix - in Jerusalem. Raz, whose credits include “False Flag,” which Apple TV+ remade as “Suspicion,” said he also shot his previous film “Maktub” – one of Israel’s biggest B.O. In 1967 there was unity,” the producer continued. So think 1967 is the guide of how do you deal with internal disputes. “In this brigade you would have somebody who’s very religious, fighting next to somebody who’s a Hebrew university atheist professor, and a janitor and a lawyer. He revealed that one of the film’s characters is a soldier in the Jerusalem Brigade, which is probably the most diverse unit in the world. And I think what happened then is a reminder of how to handle that situation,” says Schick. “In 1967, Israel had social, cultural, economic divisions and it wasn’t a perfect society by any means. Schick says the ongoing turmoil echoes the backdrop of “Jerusalem 67.” Israel is currently torn by unprecedented revolts in response to the judicial overhaul plan of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, which is considered as the most right-wing and religiously conservative that the country has ever had. “The tax incentive program was significant for us because Israel is not a cheap place to shoot and it allowed us to tell the story in the right place,” he continued. It’s a war film and it’s a period piece set in Jerusalem, and prior to the new Israeli production incentives program, we were trying to determine if we could recreate Israel in perhaps Cyprus or Greece, or another location in the Mediterranean,” said Schick. The ambitious project is one of the first major international productions to proceed under the Israel Tax Rebate Program for film and TV productions which was created last year.
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