This program has been geolocated to the state of Maryland, Washington DC, and the "DC-Metro" area, and includes only these Virginia cities: Alexandria, Arlington, Crystal City, Falls Church, Fairfax, and McClean. If you are outside of any of these areas, you will be unable to view this program.
They say that truth is stranger than fiction, but in the case of this documentary, fiction is stranger than truth. Misha Defonseca is a Belgian-born writer whose best-selling Holocaust memoir was published in 1997, was later adapted into a French film, and even caught the eye of Oprah Winfrey’s book club. Misha claimed that when she was a young Jewish girl, she escaped from Nazi soldiers by hiding in the woods and survived by living with a pack of wolves and then walking across Europe to search for her deported parents. But later when publisher Jane Daniel decides to investigate the true story of what happened to Misha, she reveals an audacious deception that was created to hide a darker truth. Using interviews, re-enactments, and archival footage, Sam Hobkinson directs this documentary with all the dramatic flair of an enthralling mystery story.
Presented by Faith Goldstein and Jesse Cunitz | TEMPLE BETH SHALOM | Martha Blaxall & Joe Dickey | Susan & Greg Walker | Lucy Spiegel & Phil Scrivener | Carol and David Stern
- Year2021
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom, Belgium
- DirectorSam Hobkinson
- ScreenwriterSam Hobkinson
- ProducerJurgen Buedts, Poppy Dixon, Al Morrow, Matt Wells, Gregory Zalcman
- CinematographerWill Pugh
- EditorPeter Norrey
- ComposerNick Foster
This program has been geolocated to the state of Maryland, Washington DC, and the "DC-Metro" area, and includes only these Virginia cities: Alexandria, Arlington, Crystal City, Falls Church, Fairfax, and McClean. If you are outside of any of these areas, you will be unable to view this program.
They say that truth is stranger than fiction, but in the case of this documentary, fiction is stranger than truth. Misha Defonseca is a Belgian-born writer whose best-selling Holocaust memoir was published in 1997, was later adapted into a French film, and even caught the eye of Oprah Winfrey’s book club. Misha claimed that when she was a young Jewish girl, she escaped from Nazi soldiers by hiding in the woods and survived by living with a pack of wolves and then walking across Europe to search for her deported parents. But later when publisher Jane Daniel decides to investigate the true story of what happened to Misha, she reveals an audacious deception that was created to hide a darker truth. Using interviews, re-enactments, and archival footage, Sam Hobkinson directs this documentary with all the dramatic flair of an enthralling mystery story.
Presented by Faith Goldstein and Jesse Cunitz | TEMPLE BETH SHALOM | Martha Blaxall & Joe Dickey | Susan & Greg Walker | Lucy Spiegel & Phil Scrivener | Carol and David Stern
- Year2021
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom, Belgium
- DirectorSam Hobkinson
- ScreenwriterSam Hobkinson
- ProducerJurgen Buedts, Poppy Dixon, Al Morrow, Matt Wells, Gregory Zalcman
- CinematographerWill Pugh
- EditorPeter Norrey
- ComposerNick Foster