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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

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