Varian's War
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lionel Chetwynd
Mark-anthony Krupa
Miriam Samuels
Alexander Bisping
Christopher Rapin
Pascale Montpetit
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The story of American Varian Fry, who at great risk to his own life, traveled to Marseilles in 1940 to rescue prominent European artists as well as 2,000 others from Nazi persecution. He built, on his own and without the help of the U.S. government, an elaborate rescue network that managed to save some of the most influential cultural figures of our age -- artists, writers and scientists. Fry travels to Berlin as a jounalist in the 1930's, and is sickened by the atrocities he witnesses against the Jewish community during the street progroms. He becomes driven to fight against the Nazi brutality, recognizing that action must be taken if Jews, artists, intellectuals and their heritage -- what he calls "the soul of Europe" -- are to be preserved.Fry, who grew up in New York and was educated at Harvard, stands alone in his politically neutral homeland. Most Americans do not yet see the sweeping threat he knows exists, so he must forge his own path in accordance with his conscience. With the help of his influential friends and newly-Arrived European refugees, including novelist Thomas Mann, he forms the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC). Fry is able to raise funds for the ERC with the hopes of liberating the intellectuals of Europe from the tyranny of Nazi terror, as they are the ones who are sure to be incarcerated and, ultimately destroyed.Varian visits First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to gain her approval for his idea and to enlist her help with the U.S. State Department to ensure that the political refugees will be granted the proper documents needed to enter the U.S legally. She warns him of the grim realities he will face in Nazi-occupied France, but Fry is determined.Varian travels alone to Marseilles to begin the rescue mission and carries with him a list of artists who are his top priority. After he takes up residence at the Hotel Splendide, he meets Harry Bingham and his superior Jamison of the U.S. Consulate in France. The Consul shows little concern for the refuge
Director
Lionel Chetwynd
Cast
Mark-anthony Krupa
Miriam Samuels
Alexander Bisping
Christopher Rapin
Pascale Montpetit
Elyzabeth Walling
Marjorie Silcoff
Maitreya Frieman
Rémy Girard
Bibi Burton
Emma Campbell
Marc Legault
Aubert Pallascio
Felecia Shulman
Bill Corday
Guillaume Lemay-thivierge
Barry Blake
Dorothee Berryman
Jacques Allard
Walter Massey
Noel Burton
Christopher Heyerdahl
Andre Lacoste
Francois Pratte
Jean M Ichel Pare
Michael Rudder
Leah Vineberg
Lenie Scoffie
Dawn Ford
Kliment Denchev
Thomas Donahue
John Dunn-hill
Lynn Redgrave
Matt Craven
William Hurt
Susie Almgren
Maury Chaykin
Julia Ormond
Tom Rack
Jude Beny
Harvey Berger
Tony Calabretta
Kent Mcquaid
Victoria Barkoff
Alan Arkin
Andrea Sadler
Christopher Maccabe
Tony Robinow
Lorne Brass
Robert Crooks
Guy Sprung
Alain Goulem
Bondfield Marcoux
Ian Finlay
Tamar Kozlov
Joel Miller
Gloria Carlin
Richard Lemire
Ted Whittall
Vlasta Vrana
Paul-antoine Taillefer
Sam Gesser
Pierre Leblanc
Renee Girard
Sheena Larkin
Crew
Chris Allies
Francois Allord
Tony Anscombe
Francois Archambault
Lionel Auffert
Victor August
Lise Beauchamp
Jocelyn Beaulac
Annie Beaulieu
Andre Bedord
Luce Belonger
Alban Berg
Annabelle Berkoni
Ginette Blain
Francois Blanchard
Maggie Blezile
Jesabelle Boileau
Sylvie Boily
Marc Bonin
Diane Boucher
Genevieve Boudreault
Patrick Bouliane
Renee Boulois
Marie-angele Breitner-protot
Rene Brisson
Jean-paul Brunet
Pierre Brunet
Stephane Brunette
Patrice Bujold
Peter Burgis
Frances Calder
Nicholas Campeau
Donald Caroll
Claudine Carpentier
Simon Carriere
Angela Carsley
Claudette Casovant
Denis Casper
Caterina Chamberland
Simon Chamberland
Claudette Champagne
Christiane Charpentier
Julie Chenard
Lionel Chetwynd
Lionel Chetwynd
Franck Choumonet
Mike Chute
Fabrice Collegher
Bertrand Colmeau
Ed Colyer
Cis Corman
Melanie Cote
Vitol Cote
Manon Cousin
Lilie-marlene Couture
Patrice Dagenais
Karl Darriveau
Michael Deakin
Sebastian Defontenoy
Louis Delaney
Beatrice Delompes
Andie Derrick
Jean-francois Desjordins
Jean Desmorkeau
Marc Desourdy
Walter Diaz
Sandra Digiocchino
Jim Disensi
Jean-yves Dolber
Claude Dolloire
Lorne Dosogne
Herve Drouelle
Mathieu-felix Drouin
Jean-claude Dube
Pierre Duceppe
Valery Dufort-boucher
Sylvoine Duloux
Marie-josee Dumont
Aleck Duncan
Bertrand Dupuis
Raymond Dupuis
Emilie Dussault
Marie-claire Emond
Gary Evans
Michael Farrugello
Steve Felton
Maxime Ferland
Gavin Fernandes
Yves Fontigny
Eric Fortin
Susan French
Janel Furoy
Robin Gary
Cotou Gelinos
John Gendron
Stephen Gilbert
Pierre Girard
Poule Girordin
Nicolas Godbout
Luc Gognier
Massimo Gollizzi
Nathalie Goron
Francois Gosselin
Mireille Goulet
Francine Gouthier
Christian Gravel
Johanne Gravel
Marie-maude Grenier
Gary Grey
Paul Grovel
David Hall
Henri Harmond
Claude Hazanavicius
Oliver Hogue
Jamie Hopkins
Volerie Houle
Ken Hudold
Daniel Jacob
Daniel Jobin
Krista Joppel
Patrick Kerton
France Lachapelle
Terry Lacombe
Roger Lacroix
Helene Lafrance
Judith Lagace
Martin Lamarche
Michel Landry
Michel Langevin
Martin Lapointe
Pierre Lapointe
Etienne Lapointe-proulx
Gerard Laret
Pierre-yves Larouche
Lorraine Lecompte
Louis Legoult
Guy Lemieux
Denis Lemire
Auree Lepoge Tommi
Jacques Lerolde
Nartine Leveille
Nathalie Levosseur
Glendon Light
Dione Linn
Anne-marie Longevin
Sylvie Lourin
Danny Lovoie
Glenn Marley
Richard Marson
Nicoletta Massone
Alice Mayeaux
David Mckeown
Brian A Mcleod
Julie Measroch
Marie-helene Menard
Francois Messier
Annie Michoud
Colin Miller
Nadia Miller
Vera Miller
Monon Miserony
Frederic Morin
Veronique Mosse
Serge Nodon
Charles Obrul
Michael Ohayon
Johanne Paiement
Denis Papillon
Camille Parent
Louis-martin Parodis
Michel Perreoult
Marc Perron
Marjolaine Perron
Madeleine Perros
Louis Pharand
Christian Pincoult
Pascal Pleau
Eric Poirier
Corinne Poizat
Amelie Ponette
Charles Proulx
Julie-anne Proulx
Christine Provoz
Charlies Radford
Brigitte Renoud
Jean Clement Renoud
Debs Richardson
Tina Rizzi
Benoit Robert
Benoit Robitoille
Stephen Robitoille
Daniele Rohrbach
Andree Roy
Martin Roy
Bruno Ruffalo
Howard Samuelson
Michel Savoie
Francois Schnupp
Tokoshi Seido
Francois Senecol
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 22, 2001
Previous title: "Varian Fry."
Began shooting May 3, 2000.
Completed shooting June 12, 2000.
