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The Promise: Even the extras felt ashamed

March 31, 2011 11:01

By

Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

1 min read

An Israeli woman who appeared in the series said she felt "ashamed and disgusted" after viewing the completed programme.

Yehudit Collins, a retired office administrator from Jerusalem, and her husband, Chaim, worked as extras on the film.

They appeared in one scene where Jews were shot at by British soldiers and another in which Israelis celebrated plans for the termination of British Mandate Palestine.

Mrs Collins said she and her husband had been told by an agency that the scenes were for a film set in the 1940s, called Homeland.

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