He Called Himself Surava

Hans Werner 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.

Release Date

April 7, 1995

Status

Released

Original Title

Er nannte sich Surava

Runtime

1h 20min

Budget

Revenue

Language

German

Production Companies

Langfilm