The Statement
(2003)
Regisseur:
Norman JewisonSchauspieler:
Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam, Alan Bates, Matt Craven, Frank Finlay, Ciarán Hinds, Noam Jenkins, John Neville, Charlotte Rampling, Colin Salmon, Peter Wight, Malcolm Sinclair, Peter Hudson, Joseph Malerba, George WilliamsVor 50 Jahren tötete Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine), Mitglied einer geheimnisumwitterten katholischen Sekte, auf Befehl der nazitreuen Vichy-Regierung in Frankreich sieben jüdische Geiseln. Trotzdem wurde er nach Jahren des Untertauchens im Schoß der Kirche vom Präsidenten persönlich begnadigt. Nun jedoch tritt ein neues Gesetz bezüglich Verbrechen wider die Humanität in Kraft, und Brossard muss erneut fliehen. Diesmal ist allerdings nicht nur Vater Staat, sondern auch eine mysteriöse private Killertruppe hinter ihm her.
Ronald Harwood ("Der Pianist") schrieb das Drehbuch und Hollywoodveteran Norman Jewison ("Rollerball") inszenierte den hochkarätig besetzten Politthriller frei nach einer wahren Begebenheit.
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
