True story about the American Schindler, the journalist Varian Fry, who during the Second World War, saved more than two thousand Jews and “degenarate” artists from Vichy France destined for extermination. Among those who owe their lives to him are the artists Marc Chagall and Max Ernst, the philosopher Hannah Arendt, and the authors Heinrich Mann and Franz Werfel. A short lesson in the history of the Holocaust.
Details
Cast Participants
William Hurt
Cinematographer
Daniel Jobin
Color
Color
Copyright Owner
Showtime Networks Inc. 2002
Director
Lionel Chetwynd
Distributor
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Showtime Networks Inc.
Genre
Feature Film
Television Drama
Language
English
Duration
122
Original Title
Varian's War
Production Company
Barwood Films
Ardent Productions
Ardglasson Productions
Gryphon Productions Ltd.
details.fullDetails.productionPlace
Great Britain<br>United States of America<br>CANADA