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Misha and the Wolves

Misha and the Wolves is the dramatic tale of a woman whose holocaust memoir took the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher - who turned detective - revealed an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.

Director

Sam Hobkinson

Year

Genre

documentary, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

APT Film and Television,Arts Alliance Productions,Bright Yellow Films,Met Film Production,Take Five,Las Belgas,BBC Storyville,VPRO,ZDF/Arte,Shelter Prod

Awards

6 nominations total

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I can still remember laying in my bed, - Misha and the Wolves

I can still remember laying in my bed,

{\an8}Misha Defonseca checked every single box - Misha and the Wolves

{\an8}Misha Defonseca checked every single box

She was waiting for her father
to pick her up from school one day, - Misha and the Wolves

She was waiting for her father to pick her up from school on...

Misha is now a grown-up Jewish woman - Misha and the Wolves

Misha is now a grown-up Jewish woman

I never discovered
what became of my parents. - Misha and the Wolves

I never discovered what became of my parents.

[director] Settle, everybody, please. - Misha and the Wolves

[director] Settle, everybody, please.

I burst into tears. - Misha and the Wolves

I burst into tears.

[Jane] At that point,
Misha made a tremendous decision. - Misha and the Wolves

[Jane] At that point, Misha made a tremendous decision.

The first night I slept below a bridge. - Misha and the Wolves

The first night I slept below a bridge.

[Jane] What she experienced as a child, - Misha and the Wolves

[Jane] What she experienced as a child,

[Defonseca] Killing… - Misha and the Wolves

[Defonseca] Killing…

[plaintive music continues] - Misha and the Wolves

[plaintive music continues]

With animals I didn't need any words. - Misha and the Wolves

With animals I didn't need any words.

It was the early '90s. - Misha and the Wolves

It was the early '90s.

I was able to see its generosity… - Misha and the Wolves

I was able to see its generosity…

I don't know how long I was with them. - Misha and the Wolves

I don't know how long I was with them.

[Joni Soffron] Misha was very different
from most people I'd ever met. - Misha and the Wolves

[Joni Soffron] Misha was very different from most people I&#...

Misha said the alpha male
typically would eat first. - Misha and the Wolves

Misha said the alpha male typically would eat first.

[Defonseca]
Wolves eat ten kilos in one meal. - Misha and the Wolves

[Defonseca] Wolves eat ten kilos in one meal.

[evocative music playing] - Misha and the Wolves

[evocative music playing]

I have always the hope to find my parents, - Misha and the Wolves

I have always the hope to find my parents,

With everything I went through, - Misha and the Wolves

With everything I went through,

I found myself in hell again. - Misha and the Wolves

I found myself in hell again.

[Jane] It was a painful process, - Misha and the Wolves

[Jane] It was a painful process,

Everybody was stepping up. - Misha and the Wolves

Everybody was stepping up.

This was a case of a hot property. - Misha and the Wolves

This was a case of a hot property.

I told Misha
before we went into the enclosure, - Misha and the Wolves

I told Misha before we went into the enclosure,

[Jane] Nobody went in but Misha. - Misha and the Wolves

[Jane] Nobody went in but Misha.

So, Misha squatted down,
and she's feeding this one wolf cheese. - Misha and the Wolves

So, Misha squatted down, and she's feeding this one wol...

{\an8}So then she started selling things,
from her house. - Misha and the Wolves

{\an8}So then she started selling things, from her house.

I said, "Gee, Misha,
I don't understand that." - Misha and the Wolves

I said, "Gee, Misha, I don't understand that."...

And then, of course, the money comes up. - Misha and the Wolves

And then, of course, the money comes up.

We had documentation. - Misha and the Wolves

We had documentation.

Jane was always fighting.
She enforced what she want. - Misha and the Wolves

Jane was always fighting. She enforced what she want.

It was the dead of winter.
The days were short. - Misha and the Wolves

It was the dead of winter. The days were short.

I did a timeline of Misha
from a variety of photographs. - Misha and the Wolves

I did a timeline of Misha from a variety of photographs.

During the war,
I myself was a hidden child. - Misha and the Wolves

During the war, I myself was a hidden child.

I went to a Catholic school, - Misha and the Wolves

I went to a Catholic school,

I found out my father was deported
to Auschwitz in September '42. - Misha and the Wolves

I found out my father was deported to Auschwitz in September...

My mother was arrested
in October in Brussels - Misha and the Wolves

My mother was arrested in October in Brussels

I saw the camp… - Misha and the Wolves

I saw the camp…

The chamber…
The gas chambers were exploded. - Misha and the Wolves

The chamber… The gas chambers were exploded.

I found some candles,
what we call Jahrzeit, - Misha and the Wolves

I found some candles, what we call Jahrzeit,

Before leaving, - Misha and the Wolves

Before leaving,

And I think that was the time that I… - Misha and the Wolves

And I think that was the time that I…

[swallows] - Misha and the Wolves

[Jane] Evelyne is herself
a Holocaust survivor - Misha and the Wolves

[Jane] Evelyne is herself a Holocaust survivor

To reconcile the name changes, - Misha and the Wolves

To reconcile the name changes,

[Evelyne] I came at least three days - Misha and the Wolves

[Evelyne] I came at least three days

The name Valle was not in the phone books. - Misha and the Wolves

The name Valle was not in the phone books.

{\an8}De Wael, yes. - Misha and the Wolves

{\an8}De Wael, yes.

So, at this point, the book had been
taken over by a French publisher, - Misha and the Wolves

So, at this point, the book had been taken over by a French ...

The project became a huge,
magnificent exhibition. - Misha and the Wolves

The project became a huge, magnificent exhibition.

We watched her get out of the train. - Misha and the Wolves

We watched her get out of the train.

[Sharon] When we examined
the deportation lists, - Misha and the Wolves

[Sharon] When we examined the deportation lists,

No names of the parents. - Misha and the Wolves

No names of the parents.

[Mommer, in French] Misha's story - Misha and the Wolves

[Mommer, in French] Misha's story

We had dozens of events. - Misha and the Wolves

We had dozens of events.

So, Evelyne was looking
date by date by date, - Misha and the Wolves

So, Evelyne was looking date by date by date,

I knew two things: - Misha and the Wolves

I knew two things:

[music climaxes] - Misha and the Wolves

[music climaxes]

The revelation was that
Misha's father's name was de Wael. - Misha and the Wolves

The revelation was that Misha's father's name was ...

Because in those days,
they used to take names of dead children - Misha and the Wolves

Because in those days, they used to take names of dead child...

[Jane] Evelyne figured out, "All right,
where else can I find that proof?" - Misha and the Wolves

[Jane] Evelyne figured out, "All right, where else can ...

[chuckles] And as I walked by,
I hit the school. - Misha and the Wolves

[chuckles] And as I walked by, I hit the school.

The door was open. - Misha and the Wolves

The door was open.

[Jane] So, we're biting our fingernails, - Misha and the Wolves

[Jane] So, we're biting our fingernails,

[Evelyne] And there on the register
was her name. - Misha and the Wolves

[Evelyne] And there on the register was her name.

That was the smoking gun. - Misha and the Wolves

That was the smoking gun.

My life had been contaminated… - Misha and the Wolves

My life had been contaminated…

At that point, I knew
she was not who she said she was. - Misha and the Wolves

At that point, I knew she was not who she said she was.

She was playing to an audience.
She knew exactly what she was doing. - Misha and the Wolves

She was playing to an audience. She knew exactly what she wa...

I felt angry. I felt disgusted. - Misha and the Wolves

I felt angry. I felt disgusted.

I just saw the fake history,
the fake identity, - Misha and the Wolves

I just saw the fake history, the fake identity,

Somebody stole
a very painful part of my life. - Misha and the Wolves

Somebody stole a very painful part of my life.

[wolves barking] - Misha and the Wolves

[wolves barking]

[applause] - Misha and the Wolves

[in French] Cinema, with a beautiful film
inspired by a true story. - Misha and the Wolves

[in French] Cinema, with a beautiful film inspired by a true...

[newsreader, in French]
A book, then a film, - Misha and the Wolves

[newsreader, in French] A book, then a film,

[director, in English] House lights. - Misha and the Wolves

[director, in English] House lights.

[crew speaking indistinctly] - Misha and the Wolves

[crew speaking indistinctly]

[soft, solemn music playing] - Misha and the Wolves

[soft, solemn music playing]

{\an8}He was really very patriotic - Misha and the Wolves

{\an8}He was really very patriotic

[restrained, dramatic music playing] - Misha and the Wolves

[restrained, dramatic music playing]

The king surrenders - Misha and the Wolves

The king surrenders

and sent to
the Brauweiler Prison in Cologne. - Misha and the Wolves

and sent to the Brauweiler Prison in Cologne.

[Tondeur] He is interrogated
by the Gestapo. - Misha and the Wolves

[Tondeur] He is interrogated by the Gestapo.

He starts to scream. - Misha and the Wolves

He starts to scream.

[Marc] Robert de Wael
made a deal in the Cologne prison. - Misha and the Wolves

[Marc] Robert de Wael made a deal in the Cologne prison.

[Tondeur] In August 1942,
after betraying his fellow officers, - Misha and the Wolves

[Tondeur] In August 1942, after betraying his fellow officer...

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Misha and the Wolves is the dramatic tale of a woman whose holocaust memoir took the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher - who turned detective - revealed an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.

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Director: Sam Hobkinson

Writer: Sam Hobkinson

Production: APT Film and Television,Arts Alliance Productions,Bright Yellow Films,Met Film Production,Take Five,Las Belgas,BBC Storyville,VPRO,ZDF/Arte,Shelter Prod

Genre: documentary, drama

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 63/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Aug 2021

Awards: 6 nominations total

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