The Faithful City

The Israelimade Faithful City stars Jamie Smith as an American in Tel Aviv just after World War II Smith makes the acquaintance of a group of orphans Jewish refugees of the concentration camps It takes some doing but Smith wins the love and trust of these displaced youngsters Like most governmentfunded Israeli productions of the early 1950s Faithful City is designed more to instruct and inform than entertain That it happens to be entertaining in the bargain is all the more reason to seek out this extremely rare film