Sarah's Key

1h 51min

Drama

War

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.

Production Companies

A Plus Image

Hugo Productions

Studio 37

TF1 Droits Audiovisuels

France 2 Cinéma

TPS Star

La Région Île-de-France

Canal+

France Télévisions

Cast

Mélusine Mayance

Mélusine Mayance

Sarah Starzynski, child
Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Jules Dufaure
Frédéric Pierrot

Frédéric Pierrot

Bertrand Tezac
Michel Duchaussoy

Michel Duchaussoy

Edouard Tezac
Dominique Frot

Dominique Frot

Genneviève Dufaure
Natasha Mashkevich

Natasha Mashkevich

Rywka Starzynski
Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

William Rainsferd
Sarah Ber

Sarah Ber

Rachel
Arben Bajraktaraj

Arben Bajraktaraj

Wladyslaw Starzynski
James Gerard

James Gerard

Mike Bambers
Kate Moran

Kate Moran

Alexandra
Paul Mercier

Paul Mercier

Michel Starzynski
Alexandre Le Provost

Alexandre Le Provost

Plainclothes policeman
Simon Eine

Simon Eine

Franck Levy
Paige Barr

Paige Barr

Ornella Harris
Joanna Merlin

Joanna Merlin

Mrs. Rainsferd
George Birt

George Birt

Richard Rainsferd
Vinciane Millereau

Vinciane Millereau

Nathalie Dufaure
Frédérick Guillaud

Frédérick Guillaud

Richard Rainsferd, young
Maurice Lustyk

Maurice Lustyk

Man with violin
Charlotte Poutrel

Charlotte Poutrel

Sarah Starzynski, adult
Maxim Driesen

Maxim Driesen

Edouard Tezac, child
Xavier Beja

Xavier Beja

André Tezac
Jean-Pierre Hutinet

Jean-Pierre Hutinet

Village doctor
Jonathan Kerr

Jonathan Kerr

Camp police officer
Matthias Kress

Matthias Kress

German officer at farm
Franck Beckmann

Franck Beckmann

German officer in train
Nicolas Seconda

Nicolas Seconda

Gendarme Vel d'Hiv
François d'Aubigny

François d'Aubigny

Gendarme Vel d'Hiv
Stéphane Charond

Stéphane Charond

Camp gendarme
José Fumanal

José Fumanal

Camp gendarme
Gilles Louzon

Gilles Louzon

Camp gendarme
Pierre Nahori

Pierre Nahori

Policeman in train
Naëva Lissonnet

Naëva Lissonnet

Little girl in camp
Céline Caussimon

Céline Caussimon

Nurse Vel d'Hiv
Claudine Acs

Claudine Acs

Hysterical woman Vel d'Hiv
Viktoria Li

Viktoria Li

Clinical nurse
Loïc Risser

Loïc Risser

Male nurse
Franck Chilly

Franck Chilly

Stretcher-bearer
Marco Florio

Marco Florio

Italian waiter
Alice St. Clair

Alice St. Clair

Mozart Cafe Waitress
Stéphanie Gesnel

Stéphanie Gesnel

Young woman at the window
Gérard Couchet

Gérard Couchet

Old man at the window
Mark Fairchild

Mark Fairchild

Bob Rainsferd
Melinda Wade

Melinda Wade

Young blonde American woman
Kiley Liddell

Kiley Liddell

Sarah Starzynski, baby
Brooke Liddell

Brooke Liddell

Sarah Starzynski, baby
Tatiana De Rosnay

Tatiana De Rosnay

Client in restaurant (uncredited)
Ludovic Louis

Ludovic Louis

Trumpet player (uncredited)
Eric Moreau

Eric Moreau

Gendarme (uncredited)
Anoushka Rava

Anoushka Rava

Italian woman (uncredited)
Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Release date

16th Sep 2010

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch, English, Français, Italiano,