Haley Bennett, who gained acclaim for “The Girl on the Train” and “The Magnificent Seven,” and German star Matthias Schweighoefer are in talks to take key lead roles in writer/director Jonathan Jakubowicz’s “Resistance,” alongside Jesse Eisenberg.The movie follows the life of mime artist Marcel Marceau (played by Eisenberg) and his involvement in the French Resistance during WWII.
Bennett will star as Emma, a Resistance fighter who played a vital role in inspiring Marceau to join her in rescuing thousands of children and walking them out of France and into Switzerland.
Schweighoefer will play notorious SS commander Klaus Barbie, who was personally assigned by Adolf Hitler to dismantle the French Resistance, and reserved a particular hatred for the orphans Marceau and his group were taking to safety.Claudine Jakubowicz, Carlos Garcia de Paredes and Dan Maag will produce the film.
Rocket Science, who is co-financing and producing the project with Pantaleon Films and producing with Epicentral
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