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My Name Is Sara ()


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Sara is a a 13 year-old Polish Jew who finds refuge and is taken in by a farmer and his wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.

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Sara
Konrad Cichon ...
Moishe
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Ivan
Piotr Nerlewski ...
Grisha
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Nadya
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Pavlo
Artur Sokolski ...
Danylo
Marcin Sokolski ...
Stepan
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Tsivia
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Avram
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Vira Ivanenko
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Pavlo's mother
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Boris
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Marina
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Fedir Ivanenko
Stanislav Eventov ...
Leader
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Yuri
Justyna Godlewska ...
Woman #5
Arleta Godziszewska ...
Woman
Karol Górski ...
Sergeant
Sergey Ivanyuk ...
The Bear
Natalia Juszczel ...
Zhenia
Krystyna Kacprowicz-Sokolowska ...
Woman
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German Soldier
Klaudiusz Kaufmann ...
Colonel
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Father Oleksa
Anna Korzeniecka ...
Aunt Kattie
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Mykola Ivanenko
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SS Oficer
Kasia Pachelska ...
Rachela (as Katarzyna Pachelska)
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UAP Sergant
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Captain
Paulina Puslednik ...
Mother of a 15 year old boy
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Pavlo's father
Jolanta Skorochodzka ...
Woman
Piotr Szekowski ...
Man
Franciszek Utko ...
Man
Dominik Watin ...
German Soldier
Monika Zaborska-Wróblewska ...
Woman

Directed by

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Steven Oritt

Written by

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David Himmelstein ... ()

Produced by

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June Beallor ... co-producer
Daria Drzewiecka ... associate producer
Robert Feluch ... line producer
David Himmelstein ... co-producer
Andy Intrater ... executive producer (as Andrew Intrater)
Steven Oritt ... producer
Justyna Pawlak ... producer
Mickey Shapiro ... executive producer
Stephen D. Smith ... co-producer

Music by

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Lukasz Targosz

Cinematography by

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Marian Prokop

Editing by

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Agnieszka Glinska

Editorial Department

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Aleksandra Gowin ... assist. editor
Michal Herman ... color grading

Casting By

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Nadia Lebik

Production Design by

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Marek Zawierucha

Art Direction by

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Artur Bujak
Sebastian Gomulka

Set Decoration by

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Jacek Gruszecki
Andrzej Górnisiewicz

Costume Design by

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Emilia Czartoryska

Makeup Department

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Stanislaw Dolinski ... makeup artist
Janusz Kaleja ... key makeup artist
Blazej Pintara ... hairstyle artist

Production Management

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Patrycja Kycia ... location manager
Jakub Razowski ... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Maria Skryskiewicz ... second assistant director
Joanna Slesicka ... third assistant director
Jakub Tarnowski ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Ryszard Idzik ... construction manager
Katarzyna Jedrzejczyk ... assistant to prop master set
Emil Kostecki ... prop master
Miroslaw Szczepanski ... assistant to prop master
Zbigniew Traut ... assistant to prop master

Sound Department

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Tomasz Dukszta ... post-production sound
Marianna Janicka ... asst. to sound mixer
Monika Krzanowska ... sound mixer
Dominika Orszulak ... sound post production manager
Robert Petrykowski ... boom operator
Michal Pracz ... boom operator

Special Effects by

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Piotr Krzyczmonik ... special effects coordinator
Piotr Nowacki ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Jaroslaw Kapuscinski ... titles and animations graphic design
Jacek Skrobisz ... visual effects supervisor

Stunts

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Wlodek Kolakowski ... stunt coordinator - horses
Wlodzimierz Kolakowski ... horse stunts
Tomasz Lewandowski ... stunt actor
Stanislaw Madej ... stunt performer
Tomasz Maziarz ... stunt performer
Maciej Nenko ... stunts
Borys Solek ... stunt performer
Marek Solek ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Rafal Berendt ... video control unit asst.
Jakub Chomiczewski ... best boy
Lukasz Drzyzga ... best boy
Anna Gladkowska ... camera equipment
Pawel Halow ... dolly grip
Mariusz Hargot ... key grip
Roman Lewandowski ... camera operator
Daniel Lugowski ... electrician
Michal Mankowski ... electrician
Adam Mendry ... steadicam
Sebastian Obuchowicz ... first assistant camera - focus puller
Aleksander Palasinski ... first assistant camera: underwater camera
Robert Palka ... still photographer
Pawel Podbielski ... electrician
Piotr Podbielski ... gaffer
Konrad Podnajmer ... first technical assistant
Marcin Przywara ... steadicam assistant
Artur Zabiegalowski ... electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Ada Komerska ... costume assistant
Michal Malec ... military costume supervisor
Aleksandra Mrozinska ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Kaja D'Erceville ... location manager

Music Department

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Anna Malarowska ... music consultant (as Anna Serbenska-Malarowska)

Script and Continuity Department

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Renata Galuszka ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Jacek Barszczewski ... driver
Marian Cygaro ... driver
Jacek Hernik ... driver
Lukasz Zawitkowski ... driver

Additional Crew

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Tomasz Adamkiewicz ... office bus
Krzysztof Adamus ... caterer
Nikola Adamus ... cook
Witold Bakowski ... power unit set
Beata Baranska ... office coordinator
Iwo Barycz ... set manager
Wojciech Tomasz Biernawski ... horses wrangler and carriages (as Tomasz Biernawski)
Ilona Blaut ... storyboard
Andrzej Cebula ... post-production coordinator
Magdalena Cedro ... translations
Mateusz Ciok ... data wrangler
Iwona Czaja ... production coordinator: hotels and transportation
Edyta Gorzkowska ... production accountant/cashier
Jacek Haber ... military groups and picture vehicles consultant
Rafal Jelnicki ... farmer/vet: animal wrangler
Anne Jordan ... production legal
Marcin Kaluski ... catering driver
Elzbieta Kolaska ... cook
Ela Kolendowicz ... production assistant
Mariusz Kowalski ... wardrobe/make up bus
Tadeusz Krasuski ... honeywagons
Natalia Kusiak ... making off
Zach Larkin ... production staff
Wojciech Orzech ... camper
Pawel Perczak ... extras coordanator
Pawel Rozdzestwienski ... military groups and picture vehicles consultant
Katarzyna Szewczuk ... production accountant
Maciej Szewczuk ... camp assistant
Darek Szlaz ... power unit camp
Patrycja Szylar ... dog wrangler
Patrycja Trzeszczynska ... anthropology consultant
Joanna Turkowska ... language tutor: set
Zbigniew Wawrzeniecki ... trailers service
Daniel Zwolinski ... cook

Thanks

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Marcel Sawicki ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Tells the true life-story of Sara Guralnick, a 13 year-old Polish Jew whose entire family was killed by Nazis in September of 1942. After a grueling escape to the Ukrainian countryside, Sara steals her Christian best friend's identity and finds refuge in a small village where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity. Written by Steven Oritt

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Also Known As
  • The Occupation (United Kingdom)
  • Меня зовут Сара (Russia)
  • Meu Nome é Sara (Brazil)
  • Mi nombre es Sara (Ecuador)
  • Με λένε Σάρα (Greece)
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Runtime
  • 111 min
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