The Round Up

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Roselyne Bosch directs. David Ungaro behind the camera. Christian Henson scores. Yann Malcor cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in France, Germany, Hungary. Dialogue in French, German, Yiddish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 16 years ago.
• 2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: French, German, Yiddish.
• 3International production across 3 countries: France, Germany, Hungary.
• 4247+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
• 5Directed by Roselyne Bosch, shot by David Ungaro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 6Original score by Christian Henson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 7Editor Yann Malcor shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 8Jean Reno and Mélanie Laurent and Gad Elmaleh carry the top of the cast.
• 9Marketing tagline: "An incredible real story of courage and survival.".
• 10IMDB entry: tt1382725 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 11Classified under 10 themes, including "paris, france", "war crimes", "world war ii", "based on true story".

The technical file

Cinematography

David Ungaro

Original score

Christian Henson

Editing

Yann Malcor

Production design

Olivier Raoux

Costume design

Pierre-Jean Larroque

Makeup / hair

Jean-Christophe Roger

VFX supervisor

Thomas Duval

Sound

Jean-Paul Hurier

Stunt coordinator

Alain Figlarz

Runtime

115 min · 1h 55m

Status

Released

Budget

$20,000,000

Box office

$25,346,148

Return

127% of budget

Original language

FR

Certification (US)

16

IMDB

The Round Up (2010) ↗

Also by

Roselyne Bosch

• 
  My Summer in Provence

  2014 · ★ 6.3
• 
  Animal

  2005 · ★ 5.0

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  La redada - Tráiler español

  Trailer
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  La Rafle - The Round Up

  Trailer

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Gaumont

  FR

• EO

  EOS Entertainment

  DE

• EU

  Eurofilm Stúdió

  HU

• 

  Légende Films

  FR

• LÉ

  Légende des Siècles

• SM

  SMTS

• KS

  KS2 Cinéma

• AL

  Alva Films

  FR

• 

  CinéCinéma

  FR

• 

  La Région Île-de-France

  FR

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  CNC

  FR

• 

  Canal+

  FR

Key crew

• Still PhotographerBruno Calvo
• ProducerAlain Goldman
• CastingOlivier Carbone
• EditorYann Malcor
• Costume DesignPierre-Jean Larroque
• Production DesignOlivier Raoux
• Executive ProducerMarc Vade
• StuntsVirginie Arnaud
• CastingCornelia von Braun
• Makeup ArtistJean-Christophe Roger
• Costume DesignMirela Rupic
• Special Effects Makeup ArtistFrédéric Lainé
• Special Effects Makeup ArtistNicolas Herlin
• Special Effects Makeup ArtistLaetitia Hillion
• GripGabor Kisgyorgy
• Video Assist OperatorPéter Faludi
• Set DecorationClémence Boussicot
• Art DirectionZsuzsanna Borvendég
• Key Hair StylistAgathe Dupuis
• Makeup ArtistEgonné Endrényi
• Assistant Art DirectorBenoit Godde
• Assistant CameraNándor Gulyás
• GripThomas Gros
• Video Assist OperatorBalázs Várszegi

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• paris, france
• war crimes
• world war ii
• based on true story
• woman director
• nazi occupation
• jewish family
• occupied france (1940-44)
• nazi crimes
• escape from nazi germany

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical2011-05-1816· California mj.gov.br

Also known as

International titles

• La Rafle.BR
• 巴黎血色围城CN
• I gryningens timmarSE
• ZátahCZ
• As Crianças de ParisPT
• The RoundupUS