The Disappeared

The Disappeared follows the story of an actionfeature film produced by the Israeli Army in 2000 and then censored just a few weeks before its release Titled Haneelam The Disappeared in Hebrew the original film was intended to address a contentious subject in Israeli society and one of the militarys absolute taboos the rising number of soldier suicides The ambitious production was of a scope rarely seen in the local film industry at the time and included hundreds of soldierextras an entire armored brigade military helicopters and special operations personnel With a lavish budget and a cast of leading Israeli actors shooting commenced in multiple locations around the country among them also a topsecret missile base Soon after editing began and preparations for its commercial nationwide distribution were underway The Disappeared disappeared