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He Called Himself Surava
He Called Himself Surava
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He Called Himself Surava

Original Title: Er nannte sich Surava

1995
1h 20m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1995

Runtime

1h 20m

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Storyline

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.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Apr 7, 1995
Languages
German
Director
Erich Schmid
Production
Langfilm
Langfilm
Production Countries
Switzerland

Top Cast

1 Cast Members

Peter Surava

Self

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