He Called Himself Surava

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Released April 07, 1995

Overview

Hans Werner hirsch aka 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.

Runtime

1h 20m


Origin Country

Switzerland


Original Language

German


Original Title

Er nannte sich Surava


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • Switzerland

Spoken Languages

  • Deutsch (German)

Production Companies

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    Langfilm

    Switzerland

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