Chichinette: The Accidental Spy (2019)
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Country:
Germany, France
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Duration:
86 min
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Genre:
biography
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Director:
Nicola Alice Hens
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Producer:
Amos Geva, Michael Potter
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Cast:
Marthe Cohn, L Cohn
About film
When it seems that all the stories about World War II have already been told, a new one is often found. Marthe Cohn is a French Jew, whose life resembles a real-world blockbuster. During the war, she took the cover name Chichinette, became a spy, and gathered intel that helped organize an important military operation. Chichinette suffered many losses during the war, having been born in a Jewish family in a small industrial town close to the border between France and Germany. Now Marthe is 98 years old. Despite her age, she is savvy in modern technology and loves traveling the globe - she is often invited to go abroad and tell the story of her military achievements.
Rewards and nominations
- Haifa International Film Festival 2019 — Special Mention
- HOF International Film Festival 2019 — Official Selection
- Kassler Dokfest 2019 — Official Selection
- UK Jewish Film Festival 2019 — Official Selection
Director
Nicola Alice Hens is a German director, cinematographer, and educator born in 1978. She studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), the Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Toulouse, France. Since 2015, Nicola has been lecturing for media and filmmaking in the International Master programme for Art & Design at Bauhaus-University, as well as working as a cinematographer, editor, and director. Her first film was Omulaule heißt Schwarz (2003), her second one - Chichinette: The Accidental Spy.
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Speaker:
Nicola Hens
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Nicola Hens
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Director
Nicola Alice Hens is a German director, cinematographer, and educator born in 1978. She studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), the Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Toulouse, France. Since 2015, Nicola has been lecturing for media and filmmaking in the International Master programme for Art & Design at Bauhaus-University, as well as working as a cinematographer, editor, and director. Her first film was Omulaule heißt Schwarz (2003), her second one - Chichinette: The Accidental Spy.