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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

Cast

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