In 1940, Natalia is a young Polish Jew who dreams of making a name for
herself as an actress in France. By a stroke of good fortune, she
meets a film director who gives her a role and some fake identity
papers. Her career gets off to a promising start but, during the
Occupation, she is arrested and ends up being sent to a Nazi
concentration camp. On her return to France, she refuses to take
part in the anti-collaboration purge that is sweeping the country and
gives up acting altogether.
Script: Bernard Cohn (dialogue),
Claude Heymann (dialogue)
Cinematographer: Denys Clerval
Music: Michel Portal
Cast:Pierre Arditi (Paul Langlade),
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Natalia Gronska),
Gérard Blain (Claude Roitman),
Michel Voïta (Tomasz),
Dominique Blanc (Jacqueline Leroux),
Vernon Dobtcheff (Alfred Grabner),
Wladimir Yordanoff (Verdier),
Gérard Boucaron (Jamain),
Jacques Boudet (André Brachaire),
Elisabeth Kaza (La mère de Natalia),
Maria Machado (Inge Schwarzwald),
Fred Personne (André Valois),
Lionel Rocheman (Le père de Natalia),
Ludmila Mikaël (Catherine Valence),
Marc Cassot (Le professeur),
David Gabison (Le président de la commission),
Françoise Lapostolle (Mademoiselle de Maupin)
Country: France / Canada / Switzerland
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 90 min
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