Directed by:
Sally PotterScreenplay:
Sally PotterCinematography:
Sacha ViernyComposer:
Osvaldo GolijovCast:
Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton, Hana Maria Pravda, Oleg Yankovskiy, Mark Ivanir, Richard Sammel, Sam Friend (more)Plots(1)
In 1927, fleeing persecution, a Russian Jewish girl named Fegele is bundled off on a boat to England. Fegele is re-named Suzie, sent to a Christian foster home and to school where she learns to sing. 10 years later she leaves England for Paris, where she becomes a chorus girl and befriends ambitious dancer Lola. Together Lola and Suzie find jobs in a new opera company. Suzie falls in love with gypsy horse-handler Cesar, while Lola falls for Dante Dominio, an arrogant opera singer. When the German army invades Paris, Dante and Lola immediately collaborate with the Nazis, while Suzie joins Cesar and his band of gypsy musicians. The Nazis have plans to round up the Jews and the Gypsies. When Dante betrays Suzie, Lola decides to leave him: she tells Suzie that she will help them both get out. Suzie wants to stay and fight, but eventually agrees to leave. Once in America, Suzie continues her search for her father, which finally leads her to Hollywood... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Christina Ricci
USA
Best movies:
Moby: Play - The DVD (2001) (video compilation)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Cate Blanchett
Australia
Best movies:
John Turturro
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Raging Bull (1980)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Johnny Depp
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Harry Dean Stanton
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Hana Maria Pravda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Shining Through (1992)
Oleg Yankovskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
The Shooting Party (1978)
The Mirror (1975)
Mark Ivanir
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Undisputed III: Redemption (2010)
The Terminal (2004)
Richard Sammel
West Germany
Best movies:
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Casino Royale (2006)
Sam Friend
Best movies:
Scoop (2006)
Heidi (2005)
The Man Who Cried (2000)
Taraf de Haidouks
Best movies:
The Man Who Cried (2000)
George Antoni
Best movies:
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Richard Albrecht
UK
Best movies:
Threads (1984) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Damien Puckler
West Germany
Best movies:
The Man Who Cried (2000)
666: The Beast (2007)
Death Factory (2014)
Zirek
Best movies:
Neighbours (2021)
Before Snowfall (2013)
Skirt Day (2008)
Manfred Andrae
German Empire
Best movies:
Freud (1962)
Mr. Nobody (2009)
Joseph Balsamo (1973) (series)
Consuelo De Haviland
Best movies:
Betty Blue (1986)
Lune froide (1991)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Cliff Barry
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Don Fellows
USA
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Omen (1976)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) - a.f.
David Baxt
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
Batman (1989)
Superman (1978)