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Sarah's Key
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On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.
More about Sarah's Key
Cast
Kristin Scott ThomasJulia Jarmond
Mélusine MayanceSarah Starzynski, child
Niels ArestrupJules Dufaure
Frédéric PierrotBertrand Tezac
Michel DuchaussoyEdouard Tezac
Dominique FrotGenneviève Dufaure
Natasha MashkevichRywka Starzynski
Gisèle CasadesusMamé TezacCredits
- Directed by
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- Written by
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Serge Joncour, Tatiana De Rosnay
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Elle s'appelait Sarah
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $17.5M
Production
A Plus ImageFrance- Hugo ProductionsFrance
Studio 37France
TF1 Droits AudiovisuelsFrance
France 2 CinémaFrance- TPS StarFrance
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