Sarah's Key
A young girl hides her younger brother in a Paris apartment before being arrested by the Nazis in 1942, and decades later, a French journalist uncovers the haunting truth behind the secret that changed both their lives.
“Uncover the mystery.”
Synopsis
On the night of 16 July 1942, ten-year-old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome.
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A crew of 75+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Herve SchneidShot by Pascal RidaoScored by Max RichterDesigned by Francoise Dupertuis
Box Office
2010 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$17.5M
US & Canada: $7.7M — 44% of worldwide · International: $9.8M (56%)
Also known as
- Sarah's Keyde
- Sarahs Schlüsselde
- Sarah's Keyen
- La llave de Sarahes
- La chiave di Sarait
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Cast & Crew
75 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Julia Jarmond
Melusine Mayance
as Sarah
Niels Arestrup
as Jules Dufaure
Frederic Pierrot
as Bertrand Tezac
Michel Duchaussoy
as Édouard Tezac
Dominique Frot
as Geneviève Dufaure
Natasha Mashkevich
as Mme Starzynski
Gisele Casadesus
as Mamé
Aidan Quinn
as William Rainsferd
Sarah Ber
as Rachel
Arben Bajraktaraj
as Wladyslaw Starzynski
James Gerard
as Mike Bambers
Supporting cast
53Joseph Rezwin
as Joshua
Kate Moran
as Alexandra
Paul Mercier
as Michel Starzynski
Alexandre Le Provost
as Plainclothes policeman
Serpentine Teyssier
as Mrs Royer
Simon Eine
as Franck Levy
Julie Fournier
as Anna
Paige Barr
as Ornella Harris
Joanna Merlin
as Mrs. Rainsferd
George Birt
as Richard Rainsferd
Vinciane Millereau
as Nathalie Dufaure
Sylviane Fraval
as Colette
Dan Herzberg
as Jacques
Nancy Tate
as Alice
Frederick Guillaud
as Richard Rainsferd, young
Maurice Lustyk
as Man with violin
Charlotte Poutrel
as Sarah Starzynski, adult
Maxim Driesen
as Edouard Tezac, child
Xavier Beja
as André Tezac
Jacqueline Noelle
as Old woman
Jean Pierre Hutinet
as Village doctor
Jonathan Kerr
as Camp police officer
Matthias Kress
as German officer at farm
Franck Beckmann
as German officer in train
Nicolas Seconda
as Gendarme Vel d'Hiv
Francois D Aubigny
as Gendarme Vel d'Hiv
Stephane Charond
as Camp gendarme
Jose Fumanal
as Camp gendarme
Gilles Louzon
as Camp gendarme
Pierre Nahori
as Policeman in train
Yasmine Ghazarian
as Camp woman
Naeva Lissonnet
as Little girl in camp
Celine Caussimon
as Nurse Vel d'Hiv
Claudine Acs
as Hysterical woman Vel d'Hiv
Viktoria Li
as Clinical nurse
Loic Risser
as Male nurse
Franck Chilly
as Stretcher-bearer
Marco Florio
as Italian waiter
Alice St Clair
as Mozart Cafe Waitress
Stephanie Gesnel
as Young woman at the window
Gerard Couchet
as Old man at the window
Mark Fairchild
as Bob Rainsferd
Melinda Wade
as Young blonde American woman
Kiley Liddell
as Sarah Starzynski, baby
Brooke Liddell
as Sarah Starzynski, baby
Sophie Bacry Picciotto
as (voice)
Christian Vurpillot
as (voice)
Robert Rotsztein
as (voice)
Tatiana De Rosnay
as Client in restaurant (uncredited)
Ludovic Louis
as Trumpet player (uncredited)
Eric Moreau
as Gendarme (uncredited)
Anoushka Rava
as Italian woman (uncredited)
Jacques Chirac
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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