CinemaOSMovie · 1995 · 1h 20m

He Called Himself Surava

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Hans Werner Hirsch a.k.a. Surava was a journalist. He wrote about the deportation of French Jews, and the Swiss government chased him because the Swiss government was Nazi-friendly. The Swiss intelligence service (Bundespolizei) knew him as a "communist Jew". In fact, he worked for a left newspaper, but he wasn't a Jew. Surava took his courage to write about the "censored" inhumanity in Europe.

Directed byErich Schmid

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
DE
Released
April 7, 1995
Studios
Langfilm

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

Peter Surava

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Erich Schmid
Written by
Erich Schmid

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