Project Detail

Rachel and the Red Orchestra

Name: Rachel and the Red Orchestra
Director: Nicole Sochor
Released: 2001
Duration: 33 mins 20 secs

Synopsis

Dramatised documentary about Rachel Gunzig, Resistance heroine and Communist spy. Rachel worked for the Red Orchestra, the WW2 spy network betrayed by West and East in the Cold War. A tale of adventure and ideological conflict, and the poignant story of a mother and the son who was the victim of her idealism.

Details

Year: 2001
Type of project: Features
Running time: 33 mins 20 secs
Format: Digi Beta
Director: Nicole Sochor
Producer: Steve Boneham
Editor: Barbara Zosel
Screenwriter: Nicole Sochor
Director of Photography: Damien Chemin
Sound: Roger Walker
Composer: David Schweitzer
Principal cast: Diana Brooks

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Contact: Steve Boneham
Station Road
Beasonsfield
Bucks
UK

T 01494 671234

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