L'Accompagnatrice

original title:
L'Accompagnatrice
other titles:
The Accompanist
country / year of production:
France / 1992
original length:
110 min. , color
premiere:
11 November 1992
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Nina Berberova. L'accompagnatrice. Arles: Actes Sud, 1985.
director:
Claude Miller
film script:
Nina Berberova , Luc Béraud
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cast (role):
Richard Bohringer , Yelena Safonova , Romane Bohringer
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place in the Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II. It tells the story of the young accompanist Sophie Vasseur, who gets involved with Charles, a businessman who collaborates with the Nazis.
keywords:
occupation , Resistance , collaboration , escape , women during wartime , fascism
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Wolfgang Drost (Hrsg.): Paris sous l'occupation /Paris unter deutscher Besatzung. Actes du 3e colloque des Universités d'Orléans et de Siegen. Carl Winter, 1995.
remarks:
Was nominated for three "Césars" in 1993.
availability:
VHS