Ensemble

Release Date: 2010-01-01

Overview: In Paris in full German occupation in 1942, a Jewish child Isaac escapes a raid organized by the SS. He then took refuge in the Great Mosque of Paris. The imam decides to protect him by passing him off as a Muslim, as well as the other Jewish children that he manages to free with the help of the resistance networks. The French militia and the Gestapo have suspicions... This fiction film is based on the true story of the rector of the Paris mosque, Si Kaddour Benghabrit, who saved several Jews from deportation during the Second World War.

Rating: 10 / 10

Cast

Habib Kadi

as Si Kaddour Benghabrit

Erwan Beaucher

as Isaac

Tony Baillargeat

as Commandant S.S

Arsène Mosca

as Farid

Clémence Thioly

as Mère Juive

Crew

Mohamed Fekrane - Screenplay
Mohamed Fekrane - Director
Jean-Louis Autret - Camera Operator
Bob Lenox - Original Music Composer
Mark-R - Set Decoration

Reviews

Mireilla:

"Paris 1942, un enfant juif Isaac échappe à une rafle organisée par les SS. Il se réfugie alors dans une mosquée... / Paris 1942 Isaac a jewish child, escape a raid organized by Nazis. Then he refuged...