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The story of Hannah Senesh, a Hungarian poet who was captured by the Nazis, while trying to rescue Jews in WWII.
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| VarietyDennis HarveySenesh was a budding writer, and her poems and diary entries add flavor to an already dramatic tale in Roberta Grossman's Blessed Is the Match. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA limited amount of original footage -- awkwardly enhanced with reenactments -- gives the film a somewhat narrow focus. But in a way, the dry tone fits. |
| Village VoiceElla TaylorAn ungainly hybrid of straight-up documentary and ingenuous reenactment. |
| The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDocuments courage, but steers clear of character. |
| NPRBob MondelloThe title is drawn from a verse Hannah wrote just before she was captured -- and that impulse is enough to sustain audience interest. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranBecause Senesh died so young, it's hard to fill out a film of nearly 90 minutes that claims her as the subject, so director Grossman has resorted to using newsreel footage as well as re-creations, which, though discreet, add nothing special to the proceedings. |