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Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné (1988)
Directed by Frank Cassenti
Drama · 1h 30m
This somber drama chronicles the writings of Paltiel Kossover (Michel Jonasz), a Rumanian Jew who was incarcerated in a Stalinist prison. Zupanev (Erland Josephson) is a sympathetic court registrar who smuggles the documents and later presents them to the poet's son Grisha (Vincent David).
Cast
Michel Jonasz
Paltiel Kossover
Erland Josephson
Zupanev
Wojciech Pszoniak
Judge
Philippe Léotard
Bernard Hauptmann
V
Vincent David
Grisha Kossover
Ann Zacharias
Inge
M
Mosko Alkalai
Paltiel's Father
Georges Beller
Yvan
T
Timna Brover
Singer
N
Ninette Dinar
Paltiel's Mother
Peter Hudson
Ephraim
Malek Kateb
Dr. Mozliak
Crew
- Director
- Frank Cassenti
- Writer
- Frank Cassenti, Michèle-Annie Mercier
- Novel
- Elie Wiesel
- Director of Photography
- Patrick Blossier
- Original Music Composer
- Gabriel Yared
- Editor
- Michèle-Annie Mercier
- Producer
- Hubert Niogret
Details
- Release date
- 1988-02-26
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Israel
- Production
- Feeling Productions, Images des Anges, Swan productions, YNIL Film Productions, CNC, TF1 Films Production, La Sept Cinéma