Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Once Upon a Time in Gaza

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Once Upon a Time in Gaza

2025

1h 27m

5.0(12 votes)

Drama

Overview

In 2007, Yahya works at his friend Osama’s falafel shop in Gaza, which doubles as a drug dealing front. His entanglement leads him to witness a terrible crime. A couple years later, Gaza’s Ministry of Culture randomly chooses Yahya to star in a TV series that highlights martyrs and heroes of the resistance. As conflict simmers in the distance, Yahya unexpectedly receives real weapons, heightening the stakes as the show provides him with an opportunity to confront the perpetrator of the offense that changed his life.

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Production Companies

Les Films du Tambour

Kometa Films

Made in Palestine Project

Ukbar Filmes

Riva Film

Videos & Trailers

2 videos

Cast & Crew

14 members

Acting

Nader Abd Alhay

Yahya

Nader Abd Alhay

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Majd Eid

Osama

Majd Eid

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Ramzi Maqdisi

Abou Sami

Ramzi Maqdisi

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Is'haq Elias

The Director

Is'haq Elias

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سعيد سعادة

The Productor

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Hussein Nakhleh

The Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Osama Malhas

The Minister of the Interior

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Abood Obeid

The Minister of Religious Affairs

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Production

Michael Zananiri

Israeli Officer

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Hayfa Alrabee

Government Employee

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Mohammed Theyab

Neurologist

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Reem Hassouneh

Reem Hassouneh Pharmacist

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Crew

Batoul Abu Jafar

Pharmacist Assistant

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Omar Al-Joukhi

(uncredited)

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