Varian's War - A forgotten hero

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Movie
German title Varian's War - A forgotten hero
Original title Varian's War
Country of production USA , UK , Canada
original language English , French , German
Publishing year 2001
length 117 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Lionel Chetwynd
script Lionel Chetwynd
production Michael Deakin ,
Kevin Tierney
music Neil Smolar
camera Daniel Jobin
cut Denis Papillon
occupation

Varian's War - A Forgotten Hero (Original Title: Varian's War ) is an American-British-Canadian drama film directed by Lionel Chetwynd from 2001 .

action

During the Second World War , the American Varian Fry tried to save the Jews who were threatened in Germany . When he realizes that it is impossible to save all Jews, he concentrates his efforts on the intellectuals in order to at least save the cultural soul of Europe from the criminal Hitler regime.

Fry collects donations in the USA and travels to Marseille to enable the intellectual Jews living there to escape to the USA. As soon as he arrived in Vichy France, he had to realize that unexpected obstacles were waiting for him: the threatened intellectuals refused to be helped, the American embassy refused any support, the Vichy government worked together with the SS and refused all Jews Leaving the country and instead of helping the intellectuals to flee, Fry, out of pity, spends his money on supporting the Jews stranded and trapped in Marseille. After being invited to the German headquarters, Fry realizes the situation and concentrates in his work on creating a legend in order to camouflage his actual concern. Ultimately, he succeeds with this mixture of adaptation and resistance and can help Marc Chagall, Heinrich Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger and others to escape across the Spanish border and ultimately to the USA at the first attempt.

Reviews

Janet Branagan compared the film in the "Apollo Guide" with the film Schindler's List . She praised the depictions, including those by William Hurt.

Awards

Julia Ormond won the 2001 Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress . The film for Best TV Feature and William Hurt were nominated for the same award.

Nicoletta Massone was nominated for the Genie Award in 2002 for the costumes . Lionel Chetwynd was nominated for the 2002 Writers Guild of America Award .

background

The shooting took place in Montreal .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Varian's War - A Forgotten Hero . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2004 (PDF; test number: 97 255 DVD).
  2. ^ Review by Janet Branagan ( Memento October 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Filming locations for Varian's War