Director Larry Frisch’s feature, which also marked Geva Studios’ second big screen commercial release, is part of the heroic-nationalist genre that dominated Israeli filmmaking in the 1950s and ‘60s – films that glorified and valourised the Zionist ethos and the mythical figure of the ‘Sabra’ [the uber-masculine, land-working native Israeli – EE] and were primarily meant for foreign distribution (which is the very reason why the whole film is in English.)
A small armed force, comprising members of the heavily bombarded Kibbutz Revivim, goes out on an assignment beyond enemy lines, as Israel’s 1948 War of Independence rages on. The mission: decommission the Egyptians’ armoured corps who have been shelling the kibbutz relentlessly, and rescue a military scout – an American volunteer left in the battlefield. The force is attempting to return to the kibbutz and report back on the northbound advancement of Egyptian tanks, en route to destroy a major Israeli city, but encounter many hurdles along the way – including a love triangle between the commander of the force who is in love with female scout, Rachel, whose heart belongs to the MIA American volunteer. (fonte: Jerusalem cinematheque )