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Sarah's Key ()

Elle s'appelait Sarah (original title)
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In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942.

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Cast

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Julia Jarmond
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Sarah
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Jules Dufaure
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Bertrand Tezac
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Édouard Tezac
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Geneviève Dufaure
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Mme Starzynski
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Mamé
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William Rainsferd
Sarah Ber ...
Rachel
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M. Starzynski
Karina Hin ...
Zoé
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Mike Bambers
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Joshua (as Joe Rezwin)
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Alexandra
Paul Mercier ...
Michel Starzynski
Alexandre Le Provost ...
Policier en civil
Serpentine Teyssier ...
Gardienne immeuble
Simon Eine ...
Franck Levy
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Femme brune Vel d'Hiv
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Ornella Harris (as Paige Barr)
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Mme Rainsferd
George Birt ...
Richard Rainsferd
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Nathalie Dufaure
Sylviane Fraval ...
Bertrand's Mother
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Le gendarme rouquin
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Alice
Frédérick Guillaud ...
Richard Rainsferd jeune
Maurice Lustyk ...
Homme au violon
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Sarah adulte
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Edouard Tezac enfant
Xavier Beja ...
André Tezac
Jacqueline Noëlle ...
Vieille femme
Jean-Pierre Hutinet ...
Le médecin ferme
Jonathan Kerr ...
Officier de police camp
Matthias Kress ...
Officier allemand ferme
Franck Beckmann ...
Officier allemand train
Nicolas Seconda ...
Gendarme 1 Vel d'Hiv
François D'Aubigny ...
Gendarme 2 Vel d'Hiv
Stéphane Charond ...
Gendarme 1 camp
José Fumanal ...
Gendarme 2 camp
Gilles Louzon ...
Gendarme 3 camp
Pierre Nahori ...
Policier train
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Voix 1
Christian Vurpillot ...
Voix 2 (as Christian Vurpillat)
Rosa Herzberg ...
Voix 3 femme
Robert Rotsztein ...
Voix 4 homme
Yasmine Ghazarian ...
Une femme camp
Naëva Lissonnet ...
Fillette camp
Céline Caussimon ...
Infirmière vel d'hiv
Claudine Acs ...
Femme hystérique Vel d'Hiv
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Infirmière clinique
Loïc Risser ...
Infirmier
Franck Chilly ...
Brancardier (as Franck Chailly)
Marco Florio ...
Serveur italien
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Serveuse café Mozart (as Alice Erskine)
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Jeune femme á la fenétre
Gérard Couchet ...
Vieil homme á la fenétre
Mark Fairchild ...
Bob Rainsferd
Melinda Wade ...
Jeune femme blonde américaine
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Sarah bébé
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Sarah Bébé
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Tatiana De Rosnay ...
Client in restaurant (uncredited)
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trumpet player (uncredited)
Eric Moreau ...
Un gendarme (uncredited)
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Italian woman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Written by

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Tatiana De Rosnay ... (novel)
 
Serge Joncour ... (screenplay)
 
Gilles Paquet-Brenner ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Stéphane Marsil ... producer
Gaetan Rousseau ... executive producer
Angelika Schouler ... associate producer
Clément Sentilhes ... line producer

Music by

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Max Richter

Cinematography by

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Pascal Ridao ... director of photography

Editing by

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Hervé Schneid

Editorial Department

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Anne-Sophie Bion ... assistant editor
Marjolaine Mispelaere ... digital intermediate colorist
Romaric Nereau ... second assistant editor
Mark Reaser ... hd mastering
Anita Roth ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Gwendale Schmitz
Lina Todd

Production Design by

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Françoise Dupertuis ... (chief decorator)

Costume Design by

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Eric Perron

Makeup Department

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Dorith Albagli ... additional hair stylist
Jean François Alfaro ... additional hair stylist
Loli Avellanas ... additional hair stylist
Dorothée Bayard ... additional hair stylist
Eric Benazet ... additional hair stylist
Yonnel Bogaert ... additional hair stylist
Véronique Boslé ... key hair stylist (as Veronique Bosle)
Michèle Carmitrand ... additional makeup artist
Nana Chiabaut ... additional makeup artist
Emma Chicotot ... additional makeup artist / makeup artist
Sidonie Constantien ... additional hair stylist
Virginie Dendeleuf ... additional hair stylist
Stéphane Desmarez ... key hair stylist
Nadine Dumas ... additional hair stylist
Florence Dupuis ... additional makeup artist
Sylvie Duval ... key makeup artist
Maryse Faure ... additional hair stylist
Isabelle Fauvin ... additional makeup artist
Pascal Ferrero ... additional hair stylist
Odile Fourquin ... extras key makeup artist
Alexandra Hannoun ... additional makeup artist
Linda Hidra ... additional hair stylist
Mathilde Humeau ... additional makeup artist
Sophie Landry ... additional makeup artist
Rachel Levieux ... additional hair stylist
Severine Marla Levy ... hair stylist (as Marla Levy)
Françoise Malet ... additional makeup artist
Corinne Masselo ... additional hair stylist
Sandrine Masson ... additional key hair stylist
Sylvie Mathevet ... additional hair stylist
Valérie Mendiondo ... additional hair stylist
Rozenn Nobilet ... additional hair stylist
Marie-France Ober ... additional makeup artist (as Marie Ober)
Christophe Oliveira ... additional makeup artist (as Christophe Olivera)
Julio Parodi ... additional hair stylist
Gill Robillard ... key makeup artist
Nelly Robin ... makeup artist
Fabienne Robineau ... additional makeup artist
Eric Rodhain ... additional hair stylist
Christelle Ruiz ... additional hair stylist
Gwendaline Ryu ... additional makeup artist (as Gwendoline Ryu)
Linda Schwach ... additional hair stylist
Valerie Thery-Hamel ... additional makeup artist (as Valérie Thery)
Pascal Thiollier ... additional makeup artist
Aude Thomas ... additional hair stylist
Jérôme Ventura ... additional hair stylist (as Jerôme Ventura)
Catherine Vrignaud ... additional makeup artist

Production Management

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Antoine Boulay ... assistant unit manager
Florent Cassiani-Ingoni ... assistant unit manager
Lionel Closson ... production manager
Noemie Commissaire ... assistant unit manager
Matthieu Constans ... assistant unit manager
Sarah Coutausse ... assistant production manager
Christophe Demigne ... additional assistant unit manager
Benjamin Dewaele ... unit manager
Marta García Larriu ... additional assistant unit manager
Pierre-Adrien Gassot ... assistant unit manager
Gary Giudice ... unit production manager: New York
Clotilde Jacquot ... assistant unit manager (as Jacquot Clotilde)
Marie-Line Lafont ... post-production supervisor
David Paté ... additional assistant unit manager
Clément Sentilhes ... production manager
Arthur Tabuteau ... assistant production manager
Alexandre Talmon ... additional assistant unit manager
Antoine Théron ... production manager
Charles Zemer ... assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Mallorie Ballestra-Duquesnoy ... third assistant director
Jolian Blevins ... second assistant director: New York
Rémi Bouvier ... additional third assistant director
Olivier Coutard ... first assistant director
Thomas Ghitti ... additional third assistant director
Anne Gilles ... second assistant director
Aurore Lance ... assistant director
Stanislas Marsil ... third assistant director
Muriel Monnard ... third assistant director
Julie Navarre ... additional third assistant director
Yann Sobezynski ... first assistant director: New York
Nicolas Tretiakow ... additional third assistant director
Cedric Vara ... second second assistant director
Haruyo Yokota ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Mathilde Abraham ... illustrator
Ali Benamrouche ... additional ripper
Thierry Brahiti ... art director: exteriors
Marianne Capdeville ... painter
Renaud Compagnon ... ripper
Jean Frédéric Condom ... assistant property master
Luca Crepelle ... assistant set designer (as Luca Crepelle Anton)
Hervé David ... additional ripper
Bob Deligne ... illustrator
Christophe Deyris ... carpenter
Guillaume Diehl ... property master: furniture
Romain Droy ... additional ripper
Philem Etame ... assistant property master
Frédéric Faye ... chief painter
Elisabeth Février ... painter (as Elisabeth Fevrier)
Pierre Garapon ... chief construction manager
Chabrand Gilles ... carpenter
Pascal Gras ... carpenter
Fanny Guarrigue ... painter
Farid Guedjali ... ripper
Karim Guedjali ... additional ripper
Jean-Francois Hervey ... carpenter (as Jean François Hervey)
Emmanuelle Hoessly ... assistant property master
Alain Le Mee ... carpenter
Pauline Lefevere ... assistant decorator
Françoise Legrand ... upholsterer
Jerome Deligat Legrand ... additional upholsterer (as Jérôme Deligat)
Jacques Lemeilleur ... property master: furniture
Christophe Lemoine ... carpenter
Patricia Leriche ... additional painter
Emmanuel Maintigneux ... set designer
Kris Major ... property master
Xavier Marty ... chief constructor
Dylan May ... carpenter
Juliette Meisel ... assistant decorator
Jean-Christophe Minfray ... art director: exteriors (as Jean Christophe Minfray)
Thomas Morange ... additional painter
Agnes Morel ... first assistant decorator
Yvon Moreno ... property master
Stephane Philly ... carpenter
Laurent Qui ... additional ripper
Michel Racoillet ... carpenter
Olivier Richarth ... ripper
Abblassis Sahraoui ... ripper
François Scala ... carpenter
Christophe Simonotti ... chief constructor
Michel Tardif ... carpenter
Catherine Thierry ... painter
Xavier Vantaggi ... painter
Patrick Widdrington ... constructor: Vel d'Hiv entrance
Matthieu Wuhrmann ... ripper

Sound Department

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Lucas Albert ... boom operator
Didier Codoul ... sound operator
Fabien Devillers ... adr recordist / dialogue editor / re-recording mixer
Bill Donnelly ... sound mixer: new york
Florian Fabre ... foley artist
Alexandre Fleurant ... supervising sound editor
Sébastien Marquilly ... foley recordist / sound designer / sound editor
Rafael Ridao ... sound reinforcement
Piste Rouge ... sound: studio
Bruno Seznec ... sound studio manager / sound supervisor
Christine Seznec ... adr supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Frank Baradat ... cg supervisor
Rodolphe Chabrier ... visual effects supervisor / visual effects
Yoann Copinet ... vfx editor
Stephane Lesmond ... visual effects video assist
Gaston Marcotti ... digital compositor
Guillaume Schmitter ... I/O management: Mac Guff
Antonin Seydoux ... visual effects supervisor

Stunts

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Sybille Blouin ... stunts
Rémi Canaple ... stunt coordinator
David Grolleau ... stunts
Cyrille Hertel ... stunts
Manny Siverio ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Matthieu Agius ... second assistant camera
Damien Ardisson ... additional grip
Christophe Bassoulet ... electrician
Patrice Birzin ... group operator
Simon Blanchard ... additional first assistant camera
Julien Bonet ... still photographer
Julien Bureau ... first assistant camera
Frédéric Cantin ... grip
David Chambille ... second assistant camera
Laurent Duquesnoy ... grip
Christian Flores ... second assistant camera: New York
Jean-Yves Freess ... chief grip
Remy Freess ... grip
Yannick Freess ... grip
Ismael Gaila ... additional electrician
Bruno Glasberg ... electrician
David Granito ... grip
Cédric Guerby ... electrician
Guy Guermouh ... additional group operator
Philippe Guermouh ... additional group operator
Adrien Guillaume ... assistant camera
Pascal Henin ... electrician
Ben Katz ... assistant camera
Andy Kromphardt ... assistant camera: New York unit
Mouss Lakrout ... electrician
Laurence Langton ... red tech / data manager: NYC
Jérôme Lift ... assistant camera: additional focus puller
Rachid Madaoui ... chief electrician
Maxime Madoui ... electrician
Olivier Neveu ... additional electrician
Yann Ody ... additional electrician
Patrick Pamart ... grip
Jean-Baptiste Perrin ... gaffer
Vincent Plaidy ... camera operator
Tarik Rebeihi ... first assistant camera
Samuel Renollet ... first assistant camera
George Tur ... first assistant camera: New York unit
Antoine Vidal ... technician: LOUMA
Charlotte Vitroly ... assistant camera

Casting Department

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Byron Beane ... casting assistant
Bastien Beltrami ... extras casting
Aurore Lance ... casting assistant
Camille Lecat ... extras casting
Vanessa Moy ... casting assistant
Rita Powers ... new york extras casting
Céline Touraine ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Floriane Balay ... additional dresser
Renata Bicz-Bouchaux ... dresser (as Rénata Bicz Bouchaux)
Myriam Boucher ... additional dresser (as Myriem Boucher)
Delphine Capossela ... additional dresser
Nathalie Chesnais ... chief dresser
Sarah Cuno ... assistant costume designer: New York
Jonathan Gain ... costume assistant / dresser
Angélique Harnois ... dresser
Doris Homburg ... additional dresser
Sandrine Langen ... additional dresser
Virginie Le Metayer ... additional dresser (as Virginie Lemetayer)
Jacky Ledevehat ... shoes
Girish Loljeet ... dresser
Clara Malapa ... additional dresser
Gaelle Martin ... additional dresser
Marie Morel ... additional dresser
Tina Morel ... dresser
Aurélie Morille ... additional dresser (as Aurelie Morille)
Elen Pavlovic ... additional dresser
Julien Reignoux ... extra costumer
Laurence Revillion ... additional dresser
Marie Rospabe ... dresser
Marie Louise Ruitz ... additional dresser
Valia Sanz ... shoes
Joanna Texier ... additional dresser
Solene Verdon ... additional dresser

Location Management

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Christophe Chauveau ... location scout
Fanny Franssen ... location scout
Michèle Massé ... location scout
Nathalie Nouaili ... location scout (2010)
Manuel Pouet ... location scout
Louis Zuppardi ... location manager: New York (uncredited)

Music Department

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Falko Duczmal ... scoring protools engineer
Dave Foster ... music preparation / orchestrator
Richard Glasser ... soundtrack album producer
Michael Schubert ... score recorded and mixed by
Stefan Karrer ... soundtrack album producer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Josiane Morand ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Michel Arlais ... picture car driver
Dino Bolkovic ... picture car driver
Jean-Claude Charpentier ... picture car driver (as Jean Claude Charpentier)
Martin Grange ... picture car director
Joel Guyon ... picture car driver
Pascal Maller ... picture car driver
Alain Pacitto ... picture car driver
Antony Spano ... picture car driver
Hubert Bernard Tellegen ... picture car driver
Gabe Turiello ... camera car driver
Bernard Vaussoue ... picture car driver
Bernard Villedieu ... picture car driver

Additional Crew

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Marieta Blaskova ... production accountant
Tanya Blumstein ... dialect coach: Kristen Scott Thomas
Scott Bredengerd ... production assistant: New York
Marion Cecinas ... production assistant
Corinne Devaux ... choreographer
Abdelhadi El Fakir ... production administration
Brian James Fitzpatrick ... production assistant: new york
Scott Friedman ... production assistant: New York
Conor Griff ... key production assistant: New York
Claire Haley ... production assistant: first team: new york (as Claire Skowronek)
Karim Hussain ... english script translation
Cathy Kerbrat ... production assistant
Author Queries ... production assistant
Erin Sweeney ... production assistant: new york
Alain Villain ... travelling car

Thanks

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Ernst Brenner ... in memory of
Ludwig Brenner ... in memory of
Moritz Brenner ... in memory of

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

One of the darkest moments in French history occurred in 1942 Paris when French officials rounded up over 10,000 Jews and placed them in local camps. Eventually, over 8,000 were sent off to German concentration camps. As 10-year-old Sarah (Mélusine Mayance) and her family are being arrested, she hides her younger brother in a closet. After realizing she will not be allowed to go home, Sarah does whatever she can to get back to her brother. In 2009, a journalist named Julia Jarmond (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) is on assignment to write a story on the deported Jews in 1942. When she moves into her father-in-law's childhood apartment, she realizes it once belonged to the Strazynski family, and their daughter Sarah. Written by Jeff Mellinger

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Also Known As
  • Sarah's Key (World-wide, English title)
  • Her Name was Sarah (World-wide, English title)
  • Sarah's Key (Canada, English title)
  • Sarah's Key (United States)
  • Sarah's Key (United Kingdom)
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Runtime
  • 111 min
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Box Office

Budget EUR10,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $17,511,906, 28 Aug 2011

Did You Know?

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Trivia This was the most successful French movie in the Netherlands, due to the popularity of the book on which this movie was based, until The Intouchables (2011) took the record. See more »
Goofs (at around 1h 34 min) William finds the key to the closet in his mom's diary. But when Sarah opened the closet back in 1942, she left the key in the lock and was immediately taken away by her stepfather. So there is no way that she would still have the key. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Episode #6.38 (2010). See more »
Soundtracks La Java Bleue See more »
Quotes Julia Jarmond: And so I write this for you, My Sarah. With the hope that one day, when you're old enough, this story that lives with me, will live with you as well. When a story is told, it is not forgotten. It becomes something else, a memory of who we were; the hope of what we can become.
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