The Champagne Spy

Director: Nadav Schirman
Israel & Germany 2007 90 minutes
Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

Major Ze’ev Gur-Arie, was an Israeli officer drafted by the Mossad in 1960 in order to penetrate the circle of German scientists developing weapons of mass destruction in Egypt. His son, Oded, is just 12 years old when his father reveals this information to him and makes him swear to secrecy because his life depends on it. Then when he leaves on his mission to Cairo, as Wolfgang Lotz, ex-Nazi millionaire and horse breeder, Oded and his mother remain in Paris. Only now does Oded reveal this secret.

This challenging and emotionally gripping feature documentary takes us beyond the myth of espionage to reveal the heavy personal price paid by those who live in the shadows.

Director Nadav Schirman and Oded Gur-Arie will attend the screening, which will be followed by a Q&A.

Sponsored by: In association with the South Hampstead Synagogue www.southhampstead.org/

Sponsored by: Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd www.umtbusa.com/index.asp