FORGOTTEN SOLDIER

INDIGO ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World

True Story - Completed 2019

A quest for the unsung hero of World War II.

    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • True Story, Historical, Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 69 mn
    • Producer(s)
    • Lucille SMITH (Road on the Show)
    • Synopsis
    • Zoë Wanamaker narrates a powerful true story weaving the present into the past as Sally Noach's daughter unravels the incredible history and the truth of his noble heroism that saved hundreds of lives in the Second World War.

      Sally's refusal to tell his family about his actions during the Second World War meant that his children had little idea of their father's massive rescue operation in Lyon in the early 1940s. Almost four decades after the Dutch businessman's death, his daughter, Lady Irene Hatter, embarks on a journey to find the truth behind her father's bravery.

      Why was he so reluctant to talk about what he did during World War II? Was he, as some claimed, a profiteer, running the Black Market in Vichy France? Why did he come to the attention of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and fall out with the Dutch political elites? What is the meaning of the hundreds of letters from survivors around the world claiming he saved their lives?

      Living history as this extraordinary mystery - both public and private - is revealed.