Django (2017)
Directed by Etienne Comar

Biography / Drama

Film Synopsis

France, 1943.  During the Nazi Occupation, the gypsy Django Reinhardt is a popular guitar player, a star of the Folies Bergères in Paris.  Meanwhile, his brothers across Europe are being systematically slaughtered by the Nazis in the course of their programme of ethnic cleansing.  Django finds himself in a difficult position when he is invited by the Germans to perform at a series of concerts in Berlin.  His admirer and mistress, Louise de Kerk, suspects a trap and advises him to flee to Switzerland to evade capture.  With his pregnant wife Naguine and mother Negros, Django manages to get as far as Lake Geneva without incident, but before he can proceed any further he is caught up in the drama of war.  With danger all around him, Django must exercise every ounce of cunning if he is to get to safety with his family, or else suffer the same fate as his unfortunate brethren...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Etienne Comar
  • Script: Etienne Comar, Alexis Salatko (novel), Alexis Salatko
  • Photo: Christophe Beaucarne
  • Music: Warren Ellis
  • Cast: Reda Kateb (Django Reinhardt), Cécile De France (Louise de Klerk), Bea Palya (Naguine Reinhardt), Bimbam Merstein (Negros Reinhardt), Gabriel Mireté (La Plume), Vincent Frade (Tam Tam), Johnny Montreuil (Joseph Reinhardt), Raphaël Dever (Vola), Patrick Mille (Charles Delaunay), Xavier Beauvois (Médecin STO), Jan Henrik Stahlberg (Doctor Jazz), Hono Winterstein (Toto Hoffman), Etienne Timbo Mehrstein (Timbo Hoffman), Levis Reinhardt (Gagar Hoffman), Hugues Jourdain (Rossignol), Alex Brendemühl (Hans Biber), Ulrich Brandhoff (Hammerstein), Esther Comar (Stella), Dominique Engelhardt (Caporal Allemand), Maximilien Poullein (Soldat Billard)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French / German / English / Romany
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 117 min

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