Sarah's Key

The story

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.

Cast

K Kristin Scott ThomasJulia Jarmond M Mélusine MayanceSarah Starzynski, child N Niels ArestrupJules Dufaure F Frédéric PierrotBertrand Tezac M Michel DuchaussoyEdouard Tezac D Dominique FrotGenneviève Dufaure N Natasha MashkevichRywka Starzynski G Gisèle CasadesusMamé Tezac A Aidan QuinnWilliam Rainsferd S Sarah BerRachel A Arben BajraktarajWladyslaw Starzynski J James GerardMike Bambers

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J Joseph RezwinJoshua K Kate MoranAlexandra P Paul MercierMichel Starzynski A Alexandre Le ProvostPlainclothes policeman S Serpentine TeyssierMrs Royer S Simon EineFranck Levy J Julie FournierAnna P Paige BarrOrnella Harris J Joanna MerlinMrs. Rainsferd G George BirtRichard Rainsferd V Vinciane MillereauNathalie Dufaure S Sylviane FravalColette D Dan HerzbergJacques N Nancy TateAlice F Frédérick GuillaudRichard Rainsferd, young M Maurice LustykMan with violin C Charlotte PoutrelSarah Starzynski, adult M Maxim DriesenEdouard Tezac, child X Xavier BejaAndré Tezac J Jacqueline NoëlleOld woman J Jean-Pierre HutinetVillage doctor J Jonathan KerrCamp police officer M Matthias KressGerman officer at farm F Franck BeckmannGerman officer in train N Nicolas SecondaGendarme Vel d'Hiv F François d'AubignyGendarme Vel d'Hiv S Stéphane CharondCamp gendarme J José FumanalCamp gendarme G Gilles LouzonCamp gendarme P Pierre NahoriPoliceman in train Y Yasmine GhazarianCamp woman N Naëva LissonnetLittle girl in camp C Céline CaussimonNurse Vel d'Hiv C Claudine AcsHysterical woman Vel d'Hiv V Viktoria LiClinical nurse L Loïc RisserMale nurse F Franck ChillyStretcher-bearer M Marco FlorioItalian waiter A Alice St. ClairMozart Cafe Waitress S Stéphanie GesnelYoung woman at the window G Gérard CouchetOld man at the window M Mark FairchildBob Rainsferd M Melinda WadeYoung blonde American woman K Kiley LiddellSarah Starzynski, baby B Brooke LiddellSarah Starzynski, baby S Sophie Bacry Picciotto(voice) C Christian Vurpillot(voice) R Robert Rotsztein(voice) T Tatiana De RosnayClient in restaurant (uncredited) L Ludovic LouisTrumpet player (uncredited) E Eric MoreauGendarme (uncredited) A Anoushka RavaItalian woman (uncredited) J Jacques ChiracSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)