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For Those I Loved
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Wikipedia article
'For Those I Loved' (French: 'Au nom de tous les miens') is a drama film from 1983 with Michael York, about a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to the United States in 1946. It was directed by Robert Enrico for 'Les Productions Mutuelles Lte'.
Plot
The movie is based on the 1972 book titled 'For Those I Loved' written by Martin Gray. The main character in the book belonged to the Reform Jews, where he lived with his family in Warsaw Ghetto after the Nazi invasion of Poland. The character supports his family with black-market supplies and joins the Resistance. He is deported to the Treblinka camp, where he manages to survive and then escape. Afterwards he joins the partisan forces and then the Red Army, taking part in the capture of Berlin.
After the war he left the Red Army and went in search of his grandmother, the sole survivor of his family. He found his grandmother in New York and emigrated to America. He became a successful businessman there. Then he married Dina, with whom he had four children. After the birth of their first child, the protagonist moved with his family back to France. There in 1970 his wife and children tragically lost their lives in a forest fire. In 1976 he married again and had three more children. He started a foundation to teach others about his experiences.
Holocaust historian Gitta Sereny has dismissed Gray's autobiographical book as a forgery in a 1979 article in 'New Statesman' magazine, writing that "Gray's 'For Those I Loved' was the work of Max Gallo the ghostwriter, who also produced 'Papillon'.Sereny, Gitta. [http://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/djetc/men-who-whitewash.pdf "The Men Who Whitewash Hitler"] , 'New Statesman', Vol. 98, No. 2537, November 2, 1979, pp. 670-73. Some of Gray's claims of wartime heroism were dismissed in Poland as untrue by the 'Silent Unseen' Captain Wacaw Kopisto.Nowiny Rzeszowskie, [http://www.pbc.rzeszow.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=9444&from=publication "Nowiny: gazeta codzienna. 1990, nr 162-183 (sierpie)." Page 9 in scanned document.] Nr 163. "Kim jest Martin Gray?" (Who is Martin Gray) Polish daily newspaper 'Nowiny Rzeszowskie', 2 August 1990; interview with Captain Wacaw Kopista (sic). [http://www.pbc.rzeszow.pl/dlibra/publication?id=10458&tab=3 Lizardtech viewer.]
Cast
* Michael York : Martin Gray
** Jacques Penot : Young Martin Gray
* Brigitte Fossey : Dina Gray
* Macha Mril : Martin's mother
* Helen Hughes : Martin's grandmother
* Jean Bouise : Dr. Ciljimaster
* Wolfgang Mller : Mokotow
* Bruno Wolkowitch : Jurek
Discography
The CD soundtrack composed by Maurice Jarre is available on Music Box Records label.http://www.musicbox-records.com/en/46-au-nom-de-tous-les-miens.html
References
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