Dark Night (also known as Layla Affel) is an Israeli short film directed by Leonid Prudovsky.
The title refers to a tune that one of the Israeli soldiers whistles, the famous Soviet war song âÃÂüýðàýþÃÂà(lit. Dark Night).
Three Israeli soldiers are out on patrol when their jeep runs over a landmine. They are then ambushed, and two of them manage to escape. The two surviving soldiers break into the house of a Palestinian couple and take them hostage as they wait to be rescued. They must navigate a language barrier and mutual mistrust if they want to all survive the night.
The film stars: Eran Amichai, Johnny Arbid, Hanan Savyon, Pini Tavger, and Helena Yaralova.