Renowned mime artist Marcel Marceau saved Jewish children from the Holocaust
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mirror.co.ukHe was known as the master of silence, the world’s greatest mime artist, who with the slightest gesture could articulate the most profound moment.
But behind the white painted mask of Marcel Marceau was a story he never wanted to tell. Unknown to his legions of fans, he saved the lives of more than 100 Jewish children from the Holocaust, risking his life to take them across the Alps from France into Switzerland.
Marcel’s remarkable story is told at last in Resistance, a new film in which he is played by Social Network star Jesse Eisenberg.
Director Jonathan Jakubowicz knew Marcel as the performer who changed modern theatre and even inspired Michael Jackson’s moonwalk.
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