Films by Nadav Schirman

Germany 2014, 99 min
by Nadav Schirman

This real life thriller tells the story of one of Israel’s prized intelligence sources, the son of a top Hamas leader. Under the code name “The Green Prince”, he is recruited to spy on his own people for over a decade. Focusing on his complex relationship with his handler, this is a gripping account of terror, betrayal, impossible choices - and of a friendship that defies all boundaries. Set against a backdrop of recent events in the Middle East, Nadav Schirman’s THE GREEN PRINCE is a multi layered psychological thriller that will challenge people's preconceptions of the on-going conflict in the region.  Combining exclusive first person testimony, dramatic action sequences and never-before-seen archive footage, this is a powerful cinematic experience - a spy thriller that will have audiences on the edge of their seats.  The film was produced by Schirman along with two-time Oscar winner Simon Chinn (‘Man on Wire’ and ‘Searching for Sugar Man’) and Oscar winner John Battsek (‘One Day in September’, ‘The Tillman Story’).

Germany 2012, 88 min
by Nadav Schirman

Magdalena Kopp was married to the most wanted terrorist in the world: Carlos ‘The Jackal’. She followed him through the birth of international terrorism, of which he became the star. From the small conservative Bavarian town where she grew up, to the ’68 revolutionary zeitgeist of Berlin and the radical leftist cells of Frankfurt, Magdalena was easily influenced. Driven by a need to belong, she found herself in the arms of the man who was fast becoming the first celebrity-terrorist in the world. She trained with Palestinian freedom fighters, fought alongside their national heroes. She followed him into dangerous international intrigues, from Damascus to Bagdad and Paris, in a nebulous world of secret services and shady governments, and gave birth to their daughter Rosa. When Magdalena realized that the political ideals were long gone, and only greed for power stood behind their violent struggle, it was too late, she was too deeply involved. For some Carlos is a revolutionary, to others a murderer, but for Rosa he’s a father, one she has not seen in 19 years, one she only knows through the media. While Carlos stands trial in Paris, mother and daughter take a courageous journey beyond the shadows of his myth.