Natalia (1988)
Directed by Bernard Cohn

Drama

Film Synopsis

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.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Bernard Cohn
  • 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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