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The Statement is a
2003 drama film directed by
Norman Jewison and starring
Michael Caine. It is based on a 1996 novel by
Brian Moore, with a
screenplay written by
Ronald Harwood.
The plot was inspired by the true story of
Paul Touvier, a
Vichy French police official, who was indicted after
World War II for war crimes. In 1944, Touvier ordered the execution of seven Jews in retaliation for the
Resistance's assassination of Government Minister
Philippe Henriot. For decades after the war he escaped trial thanks to an intricate web of protection, which allegedly included senior members of the
Roman Catholic priesthood. He was arrested in
1989 inside a
Traditionalist Catholic Priory in
Nice and was convicted in
1994. He died in prison in 1996.
Plot summary
Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine), a French
Nazi collaborator, orders seven
Jews
executed during World War II. Later in his life, he's pursued by David Manenbaum (
Matt Craven), a hitman who is ordered to kill Brossard and leave a
statement on his body proclaiming the
assassination was veangence for the Jews of
Dombay. Brossard recognizes Manenbaum at a local
bar and begins to run from him. Brossard kills Manenbaum, then realizes he must now run from the
law to save his life.
Main cast
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