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Surviving with Wolves

First aired on Nov 21, 2007

Runtime: 118 mins

60%

Genres: Drama

In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person comes to her saying "love of my life", she would follow him or her without any question. When her parents are captured by the Nazis, Misha is delivered to a German family and the abusive matriarch gives a bad treatment to the girl. However, she finds support in the family of Ernest and his deranged wife Marthe that supplies groceries to foster family. Misha loves Ernest's dogs and the old man gives a compass to her and tells that her parents have been sent to East to forced labor. When the old couple is denounced for sheltering the girl and arrested by the Germans, Misha flees through the woods heading east. Along her journey seeking out her parents...

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Mathilde Goffart | Misha
Yaël Abecassis | Gerusha
Guy Bedos | Jean
Michèle Bernier | Marthe
Benno Fürmann | Reuven
Anne-Marie Philipe | Madame Valle
Featured Crew
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Véra Belmont | Screenplay
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Anette Reuther | Production Design
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Martine Giordano | Editor
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Véra Belmont | Producer
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Hubert Toint | Producer
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Misha Defonseca | Novel