On Saturday, June 10, 1944, eight-year-old Genevieve Desourteaux wakes up to go to school. What she doesn't know is that just ten kilometers away, the SS is planning a direct strike against her birthplace, the town of Oradour sur Glane, in the middle of France - a total annihilation of the city and its population. Six hundred and forty-two people were brutally murdered. The story of the massacre is recounted in the film with matter-of-fact images from the place where the bodies were found, as it appears today with deserted ruins overgrown with grass.
»Pigen fra Oradour« is a warning against racism and xenophobia.
»Pigen fra Oradour« is a warning against racism and xenophobia.
| Original title | Pigen fra Oradour |
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| Danish title | Pigen fra Oradour |
| Keywords | World War 2, France, Racism, Massacres, Civilian population, Oradour-Sur-Glane, France, 1940-1949 |
| Director | Ib Makwarth |
| Director of Photography | Ole Neumann |
| Editor | Ole Neumann |
| Sound | Leif Petersen, Erik Jensen |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | DFI/Distribution & Formidling |
| International sales | Telefilm |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Not recommended for children under 7 |
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| Production company | Telefilm |
| Domestic distribution | DFI/Distribution & Formidling |
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| Direction | Ib Makwarth |
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| Production | Franz Henriksen |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Ole Neumann |
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| Editing | Ole Neumann |
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| Sound | Leif Petersen |
| Sound | Erik Jensen |
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Narrator |
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| Narrator | Katja Miehe-Renard |
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