Revealed: Surviving Malka Leifer (2025)

Name: Revealed: Surviving Malka Leifer
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Ashley Brown, Matan Akiva, Shana Aaronson, Ben Sapper, Elly Sapper

1h 35m Australia

Documentary

Plot

In 2008, serious accusations surfaced against Malka Leifer, the headmistress of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne, claiming she had sexually abused three students: sisters Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meyer, and Elly Sapper. Before authorities could investigate, Leifer vanished overseas, aided by the school, igniting a protracted extradition struggle that spanned nearly ten years. This battle for justice uncovered a complex tapestry of international intrigue, legal ambiguities, and political corruption, while also exposing a troubling culture of silence surrounding sexual abuse within the community.

Cast

Ashley Brown Matan Akiva Shana Aaronson Ben Sapper Elly Sapper Avital Riber-Oron Nicole Meyer Ted Baillieu Dassi Erlich Aaron Rabinowitz Yehuda Fried Meyer Seewald Leah Boulton Malcolm Turnbull