Documentary · Switzerland · 1995 · 1h 20m

He Called Himself Surava

Er nannte sich Surava

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Director
Erich Schmid
Cast
Peter Surava as Self
Crew
Pio Corradi — Director of Photography Wilma Sieber-Panke — Editor Erich Schmid — Writer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
journalistartfilm
Key Collaborators
Erich Schmid Director Pio Corradi Director of Photography Wilma Sieber-Panke Editor Erich Schmid Writer
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