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Feature film — 2010

Sarah's Key (2010)

7.31h 51mDrama — 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.

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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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Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

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Cast & crew

Kristin Scott Thomas as Julia Jarmond

Kristin Scott Thomas

Julia Jarmond

Mélusine Mayance as Sarah Starzynski, child

Mélusine Mayance

Sarah Starzynski, child

Niels Arestrup as Jules Dufaure

Niels Arestrup

Jules Dufaure

Frédéric Pierrot as Bertrand Tezac

Frédéric Pierrot

Bertrand Tezac

Michel Duchaussoy as Edouard Tezac

Michel Duchaussoy

Edouard Tezac

Dominique Frot as Genneviève Dufaure

Dominique Frot

Genneviève Dufaure

Natasha Mashkevich as Rywka Starzynski

Natasha Mashkevich

Rywka Starzynski

Gisèle Casadesus as Mamé Tezac

Gisèle Casadesus

Mamé Tezac

Aidan Quinn as William Rainsferd

Aidan Quinn

William Rainsferd

Sarah Ber as Rachel

Sarah Ber

Rachel

Arben Bajraktaraj as Wladyslaw Starzynski

Arben Bajraktaraj

Wladyslaw Starzynski

James Gerard as Mike Bambers

James Gerard

Mike Bambers

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