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Chichinette - Wie ich zufällig Spionin wurde

Deutschland Frankreich 2016-2019 Dokumentarfilm

Chichinette - How I Accidentally Became a Spy

Marthe Cohn's story could be straight out of Hollywood: a petite, 'Aryan'- looking, Jewish woman who spied for France in Nazi Germany, delivering vital information about troop movements. Honored several times, she never spoke of her experiences. Now, at the age of 96, having kept her silence for sixty years, she tours the world as a "superstar" among WWII witnesses. A lively and entertaining public speaker, back then she risked life and limb, spending several years on the run until she witnessed the liberation of Paris, setting the final  seal on her fight against the Nazis. Her fiancé and her sister were not so fortunate. Marthe Cohn's message is the essence of her life: "It is always possible to fight injustice, even under the worst circumstances."

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Nicola Hens

Screenplay

  • Nicola Hens (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Gaetan Varone
  • Nicola Hens

Editing

  • Michèlle Barbin

Music

  • Vincent David
  • Raphaël Bigaud

Production company

  • Amos Geva Filmproduktion (Berlin)

Producer

  • Amos Geva
  • Xenia Thamm

Alle Credits

Director

  • Nicola Hens

Screenplay

  • Nicola Hens (Konzept)

Script editor

  • Andres Veiel (Beratung)

Director of photography

  • Gaetan Varone
  • Nicola Hens

Colour grading

  • Christine Hiam

Animation

  • Aline Helmcke (2D Animation Director)

Editing

  • Michèlle Barbin

Sound design

  • Thomas Prulière
  • Fabio Viana Coggiola

Audio mixing

  • Silvio Naumann

Music

  • Vincent David
  • Raphaël Bigaud

Participation

  • Marthe Cohn
  • Major Cohn

Production company

  • Amos Geva Filmproduktion (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH (dffb) (Berlin)
  • Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (Berlin + Potsdam)
  • Mérovée Film Production (Plainfaing)

Producer

  • Amos Geva
  • Xenia Thamm

Co-Producer

  • Marie-Sophie Volkenner

Producer (TV)

  • Rolf Bergmann (RBB)

Executive producer

  • Michael Potter
  • Jonathan Schorsch
  • Gail Schorsch

Line producer

  • Myriam Eichler

Original distributor

  • missingFILMs (Berlin)

Funding

  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • Deutsch-Französische Förderkommission (DE FR)
  • Jewish Claims Conference (Frankfurt am Main/Wien/Tel Aviv/New York City)
  • Leuchtstoff (RBB/MBB) (Berlin)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • Januar 2016 - September 2017: FR, UK, USA
Duration:
86 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,78
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 08.01.2020, 196564, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (IL): 16.10.2019, Haifa, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 23.10.2019, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 17.09.2020

Titles

Additional titles
  • Arbeitstitel An Unusual Spy
  • Originaltitel (DE) Chichinette - Wie ich zufällig Spionin wurde
  • Titelübersetzung (ENG) Chichinette - How I accidentally became a Spy
  • Weiterer Titel (US) Chichinette: The Accidental Spy

Versions

Original

Duration:
86 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,78
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 08.01.2020, 196564, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (IL): 16.10.2019, Haifa, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 23.10.2019, Hof, Internationale Filmtage;
Kinostart (DE): 17.09.2020

Awards

FBW 2020
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
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