Black Thursday

Black Thursday — Plot

In Paris, in 1942, on a Thursday, the Parisian police herded together some 13,000 Jews for deportation to German territory. In this story, Paul (Christian Rist) is a teenager who tries to prevent this from happening. At first he attempts to save two elderly Jews, but they are resigned to their fate and comply with the order to assemble. For a short while, he is able to keep Jeanne (Christine Pascal) from joining them, but, after a long and strenuous day, she finally escapes from him he is too tired to chase after her.

• Release date
• August 28, 1974
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• History, Drama
• Director
• Michel Mitrani

Black Thursday — Cast

Christine Pascal Jeanne Judith Magre madame Ash Alice Sapritch la vieille dame Michel Auclair monsieur Edmond

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Christian Rist Paul Michel Robin le cousin Henri Garcin Ernst Jünger Jacques Rispal