An Israeli film crew who arrived in Lodz, Poland, to begin shooting director Avi Nesher's movie "The Sins" found the set defaced by swastikas and knives. Nesher, whose films have won multiple awards in Israel and international acclaim, said that the day before his crew arrived, the crew of another movie had been involved in an incident with local residents. "When the residents were informed that the next day an Israeli film would begin shooting, [their behavior] crossed over into violent anti-Semitism, what they called an 'intifada,'" Nesher said. In light of the anti-Semitic threats, Polish police decided to ramp up security on and around the set, and assign the actors bodyguards. "The Sins," set in 1977, tells the story of two sisters who are driven apart by a dark secret but are forced to work together to keep their parents from discovering it.
Vandals spray swastikas on set of Israeli film in Poland
Israeli crew arrives in Lodz to find set defaced • Director Avi Nesher says local residents clashed with another film crew a day earlier, and when they heard an Israeli crew was coming, "crossed over into violent anti-Semitism" • Actors given bodyguards.
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