Le magicien de Dachau
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About - Le magicien de Dachau
For over 40 years, Pierre Metzger has scoured the stages of cities and villages in France as an illusionist. From galas to performances for the nascent television of the post-war period, his life has been devoted to spectacle.
His career as a magician had its source in a dark part of his existence during his deportation to Dachau when he was 18.
The film is built on the joyful assessment of a life, in the company of the old man and his wife who was also his partner, between his home and his old studio, but also during a return trip to the Dachau camp, where, in the barracks, he tried with a few magic tricks to make his companions forget the dire fate that was promised to them
Hélène Michel-Béchet
After studying history and archaeology, Hélène worked on various excavation sites in Greece, Germany and Versailles. She had the opportunity to make a first documentary for the French School of Athens on an excavation site in 2007.
She then continued with film studies at ESEC and Angoulême and began to make various institutional or commissioned films.
In 2014, she made "Seeing Further" on a class of school dropouts, "The Magician of Dachau" in 2015 and "A Different Hair" based on the story of the bearded woman in 2018.
Génerique - Le magicien de Dachau
| Réalisateur |
Hélène Michel Béchet |
|---|---|
| Image |
Grégory Rodriguez, Pascale Thine, Hélène Michel-Béchet |
| Son |
Eric Taryné, Eric Lemapihan, Xavier Fontaine |
| Montage |
Elodie Olivieri |
Une coproduction Bix Films, Antoine Martin Production, France 3 Lorraine.
Soutiens : CNC, Région Lorraine, Région Alsace, Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg
