He Called Himself Surava
1995, German. Directed by Erich Schmid.
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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- 1h 20m
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- Released
- 7 April 1995
- Original title
- Er nannte sich Surava
- Country
- Switzerland
- Written by
- Erich Schmid
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Who directed He Called Himself Surava?
He Called Himself Surava (1995) was directed by Erich Schmid and stars Peter Surava.