Black Thursday (1974)
Overview
In Paris, in 1942, on a Thursday, the Parisian police herded together some 13,000 Jews for deportation to German territory. In this story, Paul (Christian Rist) is a teenager who tries to prevent this from happening. At first he attempts to save two elderly Jews, but they are resigned to their fate and comply with the order to assemble. For a short while, he is able to keep Jeanne (Christine Pascal) from joining them, but, after a long and strenuous day, she finally escapes from him he is too tired to chase after her.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 1.564 |
Directed By
Michel Mitrani
TOP CAST
Christine Pascal
Jeanne
Judith Magre
madame Ash
Alice Sapritch
la vieille dame
Michel Auclair
monsieur Edmond
Christian Rist
Paul
Michel Robin
le cousin
Henri Garcin
Ernst Jünger
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