Black Thursday backdrop

Black Thursday 1974 Les Guichets du Louvre

In Paris, in 1942, on a Thursday, the Parisian police herded together some 13,000 Jews for deportation to German territory. In this story, Paul (Christian Rist) is a teenager who tries to prevent this from happening. At first he attempts to save two elderly Jews, but they are resigned to their fate and comply with the order to assemble. For a short while, he is able to keep Jeanne (Christine Pascal) from joining them, but, after a long and strenuous day, she finally escapes from him he is too tired to chase after her.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Language French
Gneres Drama , History
Production Companies Saga , Les Films du Limon , Les Films du Parnasse
Release Date 28 August 1974
95 mins