Suzanne

2005
7m

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Paris in 1943. Joseph, a Jewish man, looks out of his window and sees a Gestapo agent, accompanied by a Wehrmacht officer, getting out of a Traction-avant and heading towards his building. H... Read allParis in 1943. Joseph, a Jewish man, looks out of his window and sees a Gestapo agent, accompanied by a Wehrmacht officer, getting out of a Traction-avant and heading towards his building. He understands: he is about to be arrested. He wakes up his 12-year-old daughter, Suzanne, ... Read allParis in 1943. Joseph, a Jewish man, looks out of his window and sees a Gestapo agent, accompanied by a Wehrmacht officer, getting out of a Traction-avant and heading towards his building. He understands: he is about to be arrested. He wakes up his 12-year-old daughter, Suzanne, and tells her that she must not say anything. At the time of his arrest, Joseph pretends t... Read all

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Based on actual facts. In 1943 Suzanne Witzniker's father (also director Mona Achache's great-grandfather) was arrested under her eyes by a German officer and a Gestapo agent. He pretended that she was not her daughter with a view to saving her life.

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Suzanne Wiznitzer à 75 ans: I remember my father. He was calm, peaceful. He didn't look at me. As if I should not exist anymore... I had the impression that he was shouting in my ears: "Shut up! Shut up! Don't say anything!" And I was silent, I was silent, I said nothing.
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Suzanne Wiznitzer à 75 ans: Those moments, I lived them as if my father had put me under hypnosis. I was not afraid. I did not feel any grief. He didn't look back once. He had saved my life.