The Statement
|The Statement
Status: Released
Runtime: 120
Release Date: 12/12/2003
Origin Language: en
Origin Country: CA - GB
Languages: FrenchGermanEnglishItalianLatin
Production: BBC FilmSony Pictures ClassicsCompany PicturesSerendipity Point FilmsOdessa FilmsAstral MediaTéléfilm CanadaCorus EntertainmentMovision
Countries: FranceUnited KingdomCanada
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0 (0)
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
