Misha and the Wolves

2021 1h 30m EN

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★6.9TMDB · 57

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A woman’s Holocaust memoir takes the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher-turned-detective reveals her story as an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Misha Defonseca
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Hobkinson
Writers: Sam Hobkinson
Languages: French, English
Countries: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom.

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WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sam Hobkinson, shot by Will Pugh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nick Foster. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Norrey shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Sam Hobkinson directs. Will Pugh behind the camera. Nick Foster scores. Peter Norrey cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom. Dialogue in French, English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
4International production across 4 countries: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Directed by Sam Hobkinson, shot by Will Pugh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Nick Foster. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Peter Norrey shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9IMDB entry: tt13648220 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 13 themes, including "holocaust (shoah)", "investigation", "struggle for survival", "child abandonment".

The technical file

Cinematography: Will Pugh
Original score: Nick Foster
Editing: Peter Norrey
Sound: Ben Baird
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Misha and the Wolves (2021)

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CinemaSerf2022-03-27
★ 7/10
This is actually quite a fascinating tale that illustrates just how much we take on face value. It's a story of a woman who claimed to have escaped from the Nazis at the end of WWII, with the help of some wild wolves. She makes it safely to the USA whereupon a local radio station and subsequently a local publisher encourage her to tell her heart-rending story. A few fallings-out and court hearings later, though, we discover that things might not be quite what they said on the tin... Sam Hobkinson has weaved this mix of fact and drama well, with a slowly evolving narrative that is not without it's twists and turns, as we endeavour to get to the bottom of this really quite intriguing chronicle. It is well worth a watch if it comes your way - it is unlikely to end as you might expect.

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