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Surviving with Wolves ()

Survivre avec les loups (original title)
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In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person... See more »

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Mathilde Goffart ...
Misha
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Gerusha
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Jean
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Marthe
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Reuven
Anne-Marie Philipe ...
Mme Valle
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M. Valle
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Holger Bonrath
Patrick Chevalier
Fanny Deprelle
Francis Freyburger
Thomas Hessdörfer
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Janine
Miream Krishan
Bernard Landau
Hanna Linde
Tatiana Luft
Fabienne Mainguet
Françoise Mignon
Paul Emile Petre ...
Léopold
Harald Pfeiffer
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Le médecin
Nicolas Simon
Patrick Spadrille
Georgette Stulens ...
(as Georgette Stuelens)
Kait Tenison ...
Nathalie
Fiona Urbain
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Une paysanne
Jérémiah Vervoot ...
(as Jeremiah Vervoort)
Pascal Guillemin ...
Le chasseur polonais (uncredited)

Directed by

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Véra Belmont

Written by

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Misha Defonseca ... (novel)
 
Véra Belmont ... (scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
 
Gérard Mordillat ... (collaboration)

Produced by

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Véra Belmont ... producer
Jeremy Burdek ... co-producer
Jean-François Geneix ... associate producer
Serge Hayat ... co-producer
Nadia Khamlichi ... co-producer
Jean-Jacques Neira ... co-producer
Adrian Politowski ... co-producer
Thierry Potok ... associate producer
Hubert Toint ... co-producer
Daniel Zuta ... co-producer

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Émilie Simon

Cinematography by

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Pierre Cottereau

Editing by

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Martine Giordano

Editorial Department

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Dominique Fougera ... photochemical colorist
Sabine Humeau ... digital conformation
Nicolas L'Hermitte ... dailies operator
Katia Potok ... assistant editor
Elliot Savoir ... quality control
Frédéric Savoir ... digital colorist
Philippe Savoir ... title design

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Kadija Leclere

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Aurélien Geneix
Anette Reuther

Art Direction by

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Frédéric Delrue

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Mahemiti Deregnaucourt ... (as Mahemiti Deregnancourt)
Suzanne Van Well

Makeup Department

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Laurence Azouvy ... makeup artist
Frédéric Balmer ... special makeup effects artist
Peggy Bernaerts ... assistant hair stylist
Dominique Colladant ... key special makeup effects artist
Laetitia Hillion ... special makeup effects artist
Christine Lambert ... hair stylist
Hugues Lavau ... special makeup effects artist
Karine Meyer ... key hair stylist
Frank Van Wolleghem ... hair stylist
Emmanuelle Velghe ... makeup artist
Regine Frohberg ... assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Mika Korkida ... assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Alice De Vestele ... unit production manager
Benoît Giorgini ... production manager
Linda Gutenberg ... production manager
Nathalie Guérin ... unit manager (as Nathalie Guerrin)
Thomas König-Mendler ... unit manager
Axel Unbescheid ... production manager (as Axel Unbenscheid)

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Sébastien Achard ... second assistant director
Caspar Arnhold ... second assistant director
Laura Des Aulnois ... trainee assistant director (as Laura Georges des Aulnois)
Baudouin du Bois ... second assistant director
Aurélien Jeanney ... trainee assistant director
Nathalie Mathie ... second assistant director
Julie Navarro ... first assistant director
Laurent Scheid ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Tony Beguin ... constructor
Michel Conche ... on-set propmaster
Frédéric Delrue ... assistant set decorator
Michel Doré ... storyboard artist
Marvin Jouno ... 1st assistant art director
Perrine Rulens ... set dresser
Anouk Savoy ... set dresser
Sébastien Autphenne ... painter (uncredited)
Virgile Regnault ... props maker (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Laurent Chassaigne ... sound recordist: foleys
Dominique Dereymez ... assistant sound
Nicolas Fioraso ... assistant foley artist
Thomas Gauder ... re-recording mixer
Vincent Maloumian ... assistant foley artist
Jo Masset ... post-synchronisation
Lionel Montabord ... dialogue editor
Henri Morelle ... sound engineer
Stéphane Morelle ... assistant sound
Gadou Naudin ... foley artist
Xavier Piroëlle ... sound engineer (as Xavier Piroelle)
Ingrid Ralet ... sound editor
Nicolas Sejoz ... assistant sound
Ingrid Simon ... sound effects editor
Jean-Stephane Garbe ... sound recordist (uncredited)
Caroline Landsweerdt ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Michel Schillings ... sound recordist (uncredited)

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Olivier Afonso ... special effects makeup

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Chrystèle Barbarat ... visual effects coordinator
Sophie Denize ... visual effects coordinator
Gilles Gaillard ... visual effects coordinator
Mathieu Leclercq ... visual effects supervisor
Mathieu Rondet ... visual effects artist
Nicolas Beaufays ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Alexandra Cosimano ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Philippe Desfretier ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Dominique Fiore ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Mathieu Flamérion ... research & development: visual effects supervisor assistant (uncredited)
Audrey Henneton ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Olivier Poujaud ... visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Martin Reneleau ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Jérôme Rouvelet ... particle effects animator (uncredited)
Sylvain Sarradin ... visual effects (uncredited)
Jeremy Soudjoukdjian ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Caroline Voglaire ... matte painter (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Emmanuel Assenat ... key grip
Vivien Autissier ... electrician
Philippe Billon ... second assistant camera
Juliette Castanier ... first assistant camera (as Juliette Castagné)
Fanny Chausson ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Patrick Chizallet ... grip
Jordan Daverio ... electrician
Arthur Ehret ... grip
Marc Elusse ... gaffer
Arnaud Hembert ... electrician
Cyril Jean ... grip
Didier Larate ... electrician (as Didier Laratte)
Jean Legrand ... camera operator: "b" camera
Olivier Merckx ... steadicam operator
Denis-Noel Mostert ... steadicam operator (as Denis Mostert)
Denoël Riche ... first assistant camera
Jérôme Robin ... best boy
Julien Roux ... first assistant camera
Michaël Gojon dit Martin ... electrician (uncredited)
Dietmar Heck ... second assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Jérôme Milecan ... grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Guillaume du Laurent ... extras casting
Jacqueline Pluche ... extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Carole Birling ... costume assistant (as Carole Birkling)
Florence Bruchon ... wardrobe
Patricia Saive ... wardrobe
Catherine Van Bree ... costume assistant

Location Management

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Pauline Tessier ... assistant location manager
Guy Baudoin ... location scout (uncredited)

Music Department

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François Chevalier ... music mixer
Amélie de Chassey ... music supervisor
Delphine Mathieu ... music supervisor
Émilie Simon ... arranger / performer

Script and Continuity Department

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Marion Pin ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Nicolas De Zuttere ... driver: cast

Additional Crew

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Pierre Cadeac ... trainer: wolves
Marie Charvet ... production assistant
Laurence Deray ... administrator
Mirabelle Giraud-Montagne ... administrator
Laura Gouadain ... press attache (as Laura Gouadin)
Pierre Philippe Hendrickx ... legal advisor
Julia Katz ... financial consultant
Jean-Marc Landry ... technical advisor: animals
Barbara Rybol ... production assistant
Anne Saint-Henry ... production assistant
Iwona Sellers ... production executive
Alexia Vankerckhoven ... set production assistant
Gilles Waterkeyn ... production executive
Mélanie Delaballe ... production assistant (uncredited)
Emilie Maison ... press attache france (uncredited)
Frédéric Savoir ... technical director (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person comes to her saying "love of my life", she would follow him or her without any question. When her parents are captured by the Nazis, Misha is delivered to a German family and the abusive matriarch gives a bad treatment to the girl. However, she finds support in the family of Ernest and his deranged wife Marthe that supplies groceries to foster family. Misha loves Ernest's dogs and the old man gives a compass to her and tells that her parents have been sent to East to forced labor. When the old couple is denounced for sheltering the girl and arrested by the Germans, Misha flees through the woods heading east. Along her journey seeking out her parents, she lives and survives with pack of wolves and crosses Germany, Poland reaching Ukraine. When she sees that Brussels have been released by the allied force, she returns to her hometown and reaches it in March 1945 almost dead, sick and with lice and malnourished. However, Ernest identifies the girl that does not accept that her parents had died in the concentration camp of Sonnenburg. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Also Known As
  • Surviving with Wolves (Germany)
  • Surviving with Wolves (United States)
  • Surviving with Wolves (World-wide, English title)
  • Surviving with Wolves (United Kingdom)
  • Sobrevivendo com Lobos (Brazil)
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  • 118 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia The "memoirs" on which this film was based - Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years, by Belgian-born, US-based writer Misha Defonseca - were determined to be fake in February 2008. The author admitted in an interview with Belgian newspaper "Le Soir" that "It's not the true reality, but it is my reality. There are times when I find it difficult to differentiate between reality and my inner world." See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Misha and the Wolves (2021). See more »
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