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Release Date:
February 26, 1988
Original Title:
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
CNC
Feeling Productions
Images des Anges
La Sept Cinéma
Swan productions
TF1 Films Production
YNIL Film Productions
Production Countries:
France | Israel
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
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).
Art Direction:
Yves Brover-Rabinovici
Co-Producer:
Doron Eran
Director:
Frank Cassenti
Director of Photography:
Patrick Blossier
Editor:
Michèle-Annie Mercier
First Assistant Director:
Jacques Arhex
Foley:
Jacky Kretz
Foley Editor:
Jacques Thomas-Gérard
Key Hair Stylist:
Agathe Dupuis
Makeup Supervisor:
Marie-Hélène Yastchenkoff
Novel:
Elie Wiesel
Original Music Composer:
Gabriel Yared
Producer:
Hubert Niogret
Second Assistant Director:
Christophe Cheysson
Sound:
Michel Guiffan
Sound Mixer:
Paul Bertault
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