It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl (2012)

It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl from Moriah Films chronicles the life of Theodor Herzl, the key figure in establishing the modern state of Israel. Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley and featuring Christoph Waltz as Herzl, the film details how the assimilated, Budapest-born journalist and playwright was deeply disturbed by the rising anti-Semitism in Europe, particularly the Dreyfus Affair. Driven to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine, Herzl spent eight years building a global political movement. Within fifty years, this movement culminated in the establishment of Israel. The film follows Herzl's meetings with world leaders – Kings, Prime Ministers, Ambassadors, a Sultan, a Pope, and government ministers from Constantinople to St. Petersburg, Paris to Berlin, Vienna to Vilna – as he pursued his vision of a Jewish nation.