The Angel (2018)

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True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.

• Released: 2018-05-15
• Genres: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
• Runtime: 1h 54m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.6/10 from 336 votes

Directed by Ariel Vromen.

Top cast

• Marwan Kenzari as Ashraf Marwan
• Toby Kebbell as Danny Ben Aroya
• Hannah Ware as Diana Davis
• Waleed Zuaiter as Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Maisa Abd Elhadi as Mona Marwan
• Sasson Gabai as Anwar Sadat
• Ori Pfeffer as Zvi Zamir
• Slimane Dazi as Sami Sharaf
• Sapir Azulay as Souad
• Mali Levi as Natalie Ben Aroya

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Angel

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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