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Sarah's Key

Elle s'appelait Sarah

Release: 2010-09-16 ·Runtime: 111m ·★ 7.3
Drama War

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.

Production Countries

France

Production Companies

A Plus Image
Hugo Productions
Studio 37
TF1 Droits Audiovisuels
France 2 Cinéma
TPS Star
La Région Île-de-France
Canal+
France Télévisions

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Cast

Frédéric Pierrot Frédéric Pierrot as Bertrand Tezac Joseph Rezwin Joseph Rezwin as Joshua Simon Eine Simon Eine as Franck Levy Vinciane Millereau Vinciane Millereau as Nathalie Dufaure Franck Beckmann Franck Beckmann as German officer in train Kiley Liddell Kiley Liddell as Sarah Starzynski, baby Marco Florio Marco Florio as Italian waiter Gérard Couchet Gérard Couchet as Old man at the window Matthias Kress Matthias Kress as German officer at farm Dominique Frot Dominique Frot as Genneviève Dufaure Gisèle Casadesus Gisèle Casadesus as Mamé Tezac James Gerard James Gerard as Mike Bambers Julie Fournier Julie Fournier as Anna Charlotte Poutrel Charlotte Poutrel as Sarah Starzynski, adult Pierre Nahori Pierre Nahori as Policeman in train Loïc Risser Loïc Risser as Male nurse Jean-Pierre Hutinet Jean-Pierre Hutinet as Village doctor Claudine Acs Claudine Acs as Hysterical woman Vel d'Hiv Stéphanie Gesnel Stéphanie Gesnel as Young woman at the window Jacques Chirac Jacques Chirac as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Natasha Mashkevich Natasha Mashkevich as Rywka Starzynski Sylviane Fraval Sylviane Fraval as Colette Nancy Tate Nancy Tate as Alice Jonathan Kerr Jonathan Kerr as Camp police officer Yasmine Ghazarian Yasmine Ghazarian as Camp woman Alice St. Clair Alice St. Clair as Mozart Cafe Waitress Eric Moreau Eric Moreau as Gendarme (uncredited) Melinda Wade Melinda Wade as Young blonde American woman Kate Moran Kate Moran as Alexandra George Birt George Birt as Richard Rainsferd Kristin Scott Thomas Kristin Scott Thomas as Julia Jarmond Mélusine Mayance Mélusine Mayance as Sarah Starzynski, child Aidan Quinn Aidan Quinn as William Rainsferd Joanna Merlin Joanna Merlin as Mrs. Rainsferd Frédérick Guillaud Frédérick Guillaud as Richard Rainsferd, young Naëva Lissonnet Naëva Lissonnet as Little girl in camp Brooke Liddell Brooke Liddell as Sarah Starzynski, baby Anoushka Rava Anoushka Rava as Italian woman (uncredited) Maxim Driesen Maxim Driesen as Edouard Tezac, child Jacqueline Noëlle Jacqueline Noëlle as Old woman Sarah Ber Sarah Ber as Rachel Niels Arestrup Niels Arestrup as Jules Dufaure Arben Bajraktaraj Arben Bajraktaraj as Wladyslaw Starzynski Alexandre Le Provost Alexandre Le Provost as Plainclothes policeman Dan Herzberg Dan Herzberg as Jacques Tatiana De Rosnay Tatiana De Rosnay as Client in restaurant (uncredited) Ludovic Louis Ludovic Louis as Trumpet player (uncredited) Paige Barr Paige Barr as Ornella Harris Christian Vurpillot Christian Vurpillot as (voice) Michel Duchaussoy Michel Duchaussoy as Edouard Tezac José Fumanal José Fumanal as Camp gendarme Viktoria Li Viktoria Li as Clinical nurse Serpentine Teyssier Serpentine Teyssier as Mrs Royer Xavier Beja Xavier Beja as André Tezac Gilles Louzon Gilles Louzon as Camp gendarme Céline Caussimon Céline Caussimon as Nurse Vel d'Hiv Sophie Bacry Picciotto Sophie Bacry Picciotto as (voice)