The Statement

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At the end of World War II, many of those involved in war crimes were prosecuted. Some got away. Until now.

Director: Norman Jewison

Writer: Ronald Harwood

Producer: Robyn Slovo, Norman Jewison, Robert Lantos, Yannick Bernard, Sandra Cunningham

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...

120 min Rating: 5.6/10 Released
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Michael Caine
Michael Caine
Pierre Brossard
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
Annemarie Livi
Jeremy Northam
Jeremy Northam
Colonel Roux
Alan Bates
Alan Bates
Armand Bertier

Movie Info

Director: Norman Jewison

Writer: Ronald Harwood

Producer: Robyn Slovo, Norman Jewison, Robert Lantos, Yannick Bernard, Sandra Cunningham

Production Companies: BBC Film, Sony Pictures Classics, Company Pictures, Serendipity Point Films, Odessa Films, Astral Media, Téléfilm Canada, Corus Entertainment, Movision

Countries: France, United Kingdom, Canada

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