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He Called Himself Surava (1995): cast, story & where to watch

1995 · Film

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Released in 1995, He Called Himself Surava is a notable film directed by Erich Schmid.

What it’s about. Erich Hirsch aka Surava was a journalist. He wrote about the deportation of French jews, and the Swiss government chased him because the Swiss government was Nazi-friendly. The Swiss intelligence service (Bundespolizei) knew him as a "communist jew". In fact, he worked for a left newspaper, but he wasn't a jew. Surava took his courage to write about the "censored" inhumanity in Europe.

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He Called Himself Surava was released in 1995.