4 real historical locations · France
Jesse Eisenberg as Marcel Marceau — the famous mime — who as a young Jewish man in occupied France helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish children to safety in Switzerland. A little-known true story about one of the twentieth century's most recognisable artists.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning France.
Marcel Marceau helps rescue Jewish orphans and smuggle them across the Alps to Switzerland. Based on a true story.
Marcel Marceau, later world-famous as a mime artist, was a member of the French Jewish Scouts and helped rescue hundreds of Jewish children during the occupation. He guided groups across the Alps to neutral Switzerlan...
View location →Marcel Mangel (later Marceau) helps smuggle Jewish children out of a Limonest children's home into Switzerland, teaching them to mime so they won't make nois...
Marcel Marceau worked with the French Jewish Scouts (EIF) to smuggle children across the Swiss border in 1944. He credited his mime artistry with saving lives — silence was survival.
View location →Marcel Mangel helps route Jewish children through Chambon-sur-Lignon, the Huguenot village that sheltered thousands of Jews. Teaching the children to mime on...
Marcel Marceau credited his mime with saving children's lives during escapes to Switzerland. He said: 'I had them play games of silence. I taught them to mime, not to cry.' He was awarded the Legion of Honour.
View location →Marcel grows up in Strasbourg, where his father's butcher shop and Jewish community give him the identity he will nearly sacrifice to survive — and the perfo...
Strasbourg's Alsatian Jewish community was evacuated to the Périgord before the German annexation of 1940. Marcel Mangel's father Karel died at Auschwitz. Marcel Marceau remained silent about the Resistance work for d...
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