The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
Acting
Eisenberg finally stops playing himself—transforms into physical grace.
Direction
Jakubowicz stages escapes like thrillers, not history lessons.
Production
Bella Ramsey's tiny, furious face will haunt you forever.
Director
Jonathan Jakubowicz
Jesse Eisenberg
Marcel
Clémence Poésy
Emma
Matthias Schweighöfer
Klaus Barbie
Bella Ramsey
Elsbeth
Ed Harris
George S. Patton
Edgar Ramírez
Sigmund (Elsbeth's Father)
Géza Röhrig
Georges Loinger
Félix Moati
Alain
Vica Kerekes
Mila
Martha Issová
Flora
Karl Markovics
Charles Mangel
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
Max Rheinemert
Alex Fondja
Frederique
Aurélie Bancilhon
Dominique
Alicia von Rittberg
Regine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marcel Marceau's real name was Marcel Mangel; he changed it to hide his Jewish identity during the war, then kept it forever. The film never explains this irony.
Marceau spent his entire career refusing to speak onstage—this film argues that silence was forged in trauma, not whimsy.
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