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‘Girl With the Pearl Earring’ Helmer Peter Webber to Direct World War II Drama About Family Behind Leica Camera Brand (EXCLUSIVE)
Peter Webber is to direct a film about the family behind the Leica camera brand, who helped many Jewish people escape Germany during World War II.
Peter Webber, who helmed the Oscar-nominated “Girl With the Pearl Earring,” is to direct a film about the family behind the Leica camera brand, who helped many Jewish people escape Germany during World War II. Elsie experienced extreme starvation and psychological torture at the hands of the Nazis but due to her father’s company’s rise to international fame it ultimately enabled her and many Jewish people to survive. Morai said: “It’s an honor to write a screenplay based on this remarkable true story, particularly about Elsie, who risked her life to save another woman, and thereby set an example of tremendous courage and compassion that’s deeply inspiring and lives on forever.”
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