The best way to resist is to survive.
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
France France Germany Germany United Kingdom United Kingdom United States of America
Jesse Eisenberg Ed Harris Clémence Poésy Matthias Schweighöfer Bella Ramsey Géza Röhrig Félix Moati Vica Kerekes Martha Issová Karl Markovics Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey Alex Fondja Aurélie Bancilhon Alicia von Rittberg Louise Morell Wolfgang Ceczor Philip Lenkowsky Edgar Ramírez Klára Issová Dimitri Storoge Felicity Montagu Steffen Jung Michael Koschorek Werner Biermeier Ryan Hadaller Maxim Boubin Tobias Gareth Elman Wolf Sielaff Ludvík Bohadlo
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