Rent The Occupation (2019)

3.5 of 5 from 102 ratings
1h 47min
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Synopsis:
During World War II, after a gruelling escape to the Ukrainian countryside, a young Jewish girl steals her Christian best friend's identity and finds refuge in a small village, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife. Sara (Zuzanna Surowy) soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding her greatest secret. She now must strive to protect her own true identity, or face certain death!
Actors:
Zuzanna Surowy, Konrad Cichon, , Piotr Nerlewski, , , Artur Sokolski, Marcin Sokolski, , , , , , , , , Justyna Godlewska, , , Natalia Juszczel
Directors:
Steven Oritt
Producers:
Steven Oritt, Justyna Pawlak
Writers:
David Himmelstein
Aka:
My Name Is Sara
Studio:
Lightbulb Film Distribution
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Drama
BBFC:
Release Date:
30/03/2020
Run Time:
107 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour

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Reviews (5) of The Occupation

Survival of the Fittest - The Occupation review by CP Customer

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28/05/2020

Interesting film covering that period of WW2 after the German blitzkrieg through the UKRAINE and the survival of a jewish girl who steals her best christian friends identity papers and survives living as a home/farm hand.  Striving to survive, working hard and becoming aware of the fragility of her employers marriage.  Through all this she has to be looking over her shoulder, so as not to arise suspicions as to her true identity whilst also having to cope with the atrocities of the war.  Part of WW2 which has not be well covered by the cinema which make this film if you are interested in the period one not to miss.

2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.

Life in Western Ukraine during WW2 - The Occupation review by Chris Tew

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27/10/2020

Set in the disputed border area between Poland and Ukraine during the German Occupation.It tells the story of a young Jewish girl and her brother who escape from a town the Germans are liquidating.The girl takes on the identity of a Christian friend and is taken in by a farmer in Western Ukraine to look after their children and work on the farm. .The atmosphere of the film is tense as the girl learns to take communion in the orthodox church.The family get on with their life through which there are sudden episodes of violence.Very fine production and acting.A somewhat disturbing film which highlighted the local effects of the German Occupation of Russia during WW2.At the end the Russians retook the area and the girl returned home.We were told at the end that it was a true story.The brother was betrayed and shot.The lady married one of the few remaining Jews in the town and lived in the USA where she died in 2018.A very fine film.

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

The truth is always complicated - The Occupation review by SS

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30/11/2020

Given the contested history of the Nazi occupation of Ukraine and the persecution of the Jews, this brilliant film lets us see how a Jewish girl managed to evince help and protection from a family suffering its own contradictions under the hammer of Nazi oppression and partisan resistance.The primitive anti-Jewish prejudice in the people who protected her and their common suffering are shown without sentimentality, as is the humanity of an Orthodox priest, the barbarity of Nazi reprisals and her own steely determination to survive.

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

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