Overview
- Summary
- The story of a village in France, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, that took in and sheltered 5000 Jews from Nazis, as told by Jewish filmmaker, Sauvage, who was himself born and protected in that defiantly peaceful community.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Los Angeles : Chambon Foundation, c1989-2009
- Locale
- France
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) - Notes
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Original motion picture issued in 1986.
Also available in a short version (35 min.)
Director of photography, Yves Dahan ; edited by Matthew Harrison ; Bill Moyers' interview directed by Betsy McCarthey.
Introduced by Bill Moyers and followed by a Bill Moyers interview with filmmaker Pierre Sauvage.
Narrator: Pierre Sauvage.
DVD.
In English and French with English subtitles.
Physical Details
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Jews--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)--Ethnic relations. Jews--Persecutions--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.
- Record last modified:
- 2012-11-08 16:40:00
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