An Israeli TV drama series about the 1973 Yom Kippur War has been scooped up by HBO to air on its international streaming platform HBO Max, the Kan public broadcaster, which produced the show, announces.
The show, “Valley of Tears,” is the most expensive to ever be produced in the country.
It stars Lior Ashkenazi, Aviv Alush, Shahar Taboch, Lee Biran, Maor Schwitzer, Joy Rieger, Imri Biton and Ofer Hayoun.
“Valley of Tears” is set to begin airing in Israel on Kan on October 19.
Valley of Tears (Kan)
The series was written by Amit Cohen, Daniel Amsel, Yaron Zilberman, who also directed, and Ron Leshem, whose previous show, “Euphoria,” was also sold to HBO.
Israeli productions have seen rising international success in recent years.
Last summer, HBO aired the controversial miniseries “Our Boys,” coproduced with Israel’s Keshet, about the murder of a 16-year-old Palestinian boy after the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers by Hamas.
Earlier this year, Apple TV+ picked up “Tehran,” an Israeli thriller set in the Iranian capital co-created by Moshe Zonder, a writer for the hit Netflix show “Fauda.”
— With agencies
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