Netflix has bought the rights to the Israeli thriller Hamalach (The Angel) by Israeli director Ariel Vromen. According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the film’s script is based on the book The Angel: Ashraf Marwan, the Mossad and the Surprise of the Yom Kippur War by Uri Bar-Joseph. The book, published originally in Hebrew, was later published in English as The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel. The film, which is set to complete shooting by August 2018, is based on Egyptian national Ashraf Marwan. Marwan was an Egyptian billionaire and the husband of Mona Gamal Abdel Nasser, the daughter of Egypt’s former President Gamal Abdel Nasser. According to Haaretz, the film will feature a number of Israeli and European actors. Haaretz reports that Israeli actor Sasson Gabai will play Anwar El Sadat and that Marwan will be played by Dutch actor Marwan Kenzari. Marwan served in the Presidential Office under Nasser and later Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat. In 2002, it was revealed by Israeli historian Ahron Bregman that Marwan spied for Israel for many decades and even warned Israel of Egypt’s surprise attack on Yom Kippur, which occurred on 6 October 1973. Marwan’s warning…
Netflix Buys Rights to Israeli Film on the ‘Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel’
July 28, 2017
