My Name Is Sara

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My Name Is Sara

Released Jul 13, 2022

1h 51m

History

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Biography

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After escaping a Jewish Ghetto in Poland and losing her family at the outset of the Holocaust, Sara hides in plain sight, passing as an Orthodox Christian in the Ukrainian countryside, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

A worthy addition to the seemingly endless string of fact-inspired, Holocaust stories that have vitally found their way to the big and small screens.

Jul 21, 2022

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

While the suspense and power of her story come through, the film can be clunkily expository and, with regard to tensions between Sara and Pavlo, frustratingly vague.

Jul 13, 2022

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

It’s an inherently tense, engrossing story...

Jul 27, 2022

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Lael Loewenstein

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's a compelling story, but I just wish it had been given a better telling.

Jul 22, 2022

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

Steven Oritt's film ... [is] a suspenseful study of a teenage girl's ability to adapt herself to her surroundings ... in order to stay alive.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 21, 2022

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

Absorbing, realistically touching story of how a Jewish girl faced daily fear amidst Holocaust in Ukraine with amazing pluck and determination.

Rated: 8/10

Jul 16, 2022

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maksim t

great movie, showing how much hate for jews, not just Nazi Germans, but from West Ukrainians

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/15/22

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Helen

True story, well-cast, historical relevance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/26/22

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Kathy G

Was a true story and gave you a good idea of what life was like during WW II

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/22/22

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Stan

Fascinating story. Excellent portrayals. Excellent photography. A good lesson for the horrors of WWII.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/22

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Faye

Well acted and directed.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/03/22

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Helen B

This movie gave you the horrors of the Nazi occupation through both the eyes of an antisemitic Ukrainian family as well as those of a young Jewish girl in hiding whose own family was torn apart.. Without showing the inside a concentration camp all the ugliness, death and hatred of the period was fully exposed on many sides. The acting was terrific and the story unfolded as both real and authentic throughout.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/01/22

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Steven Oritt

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Zuzanna Surowy

Sara

Paweł Królikowski

Ivan

Michalina Olszańska

Nadya

Eryk Lubos

Pavlo

Aleksandra Pisula

Tsivia

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Synopsis

After escaping a Jewish Ghetto in Poland and losing her family at the outset of the Holocaust, Sara hides in plain sight, passing as an Orthodox Christian in the Ukrainian countryside, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.

Director: Steven Oritt
Producer: Steven Oritt, Justyna Pawlak
Screenwriter: David Himmelstein
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: James Lucy Productions, Watchout Studio, Media Luna New Films
Genre: History, Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 1h 51m

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