The Statement

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The Statement
Directed by	Norman Jewison
Produced by	Norman Jewison Robert Lantos
Written by	Ronald Harwood
Starring	Michael Caine Tilda Swinton Jeremy Northam
Cinematography	Kevin Jewison
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s)	2003
Running time	120 minutes
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The Statement is a 2003 drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Michael Caine. It is based on a 1996 novel by Brian Moore, with a screenplay written by Ronald Harwood.

The plot was inspired by the true story of Paul Touvier, a Vichy French police official, who was indicted after World War II for war crimes. In 1944, Touvier ordered the execution of seven Jews in retaliation for the Resistance's assassination of Government Minister Philippe Henriot. For decades after the war he escaped trial thanks to an intricate web of protection, which allegedly included senior members of the Roman Catholic priesthood. He was arrested in 1989 inside a Traditionalist Catholic Priory in Nice and was convicted in 1994. He died in prison in 1996.

[edit] Plot summary

Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine), a French Nazi collaborator, orders seven Jews executed during World War II. Later in his life, he is pursued by David Manenbaum (Matt Craven), a hitman who is ordered to kill Brossard and leave a statement on his body proclaiming the assassination was veangence for the Jews of Dombay. Brossard recognizes Manenbaum at a local bar and begins to run from him. Brossard kills Manenbaum, then realizes he must now run from the law to save his life.

[edit] Main cast

• Michael Caine ... as Pierre Brossard
• Tilda Swinton ... as Anne-Marie Levy
• Matt Craven ... as David Manenbaum
• Charlotte Rampling ... as Nicole

[edit] External links

• Official website
• The Statement at the Internet Movie Database

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