Misha and the Wolves
{{Infobox film
| name = Misha and the Wolves
| image = Misha_and_the_wolves.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Sam Hobkinson
| music = Nick Foster
| studio = Arts Alliance Productions
MetFilm
Bright Yellow Films
Las Belgas
Take Five
APT Films
BBC Storyville
ZDF
Arte
Vpro
| distributor = Netflix
| cinematography = Will Pugh
| editing = Peter Norrey
| released = {{Film date|2021|01|31|Sundance|2021|08|11|Netflix}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = {{ubl|Belgium|United Kingdom}}
| language = {{ubl|English|French}}
}}
Misha and the Wolves is a 2021 documentary film written and directed by Sam Hobkinson. The film examines the fraudulent 1997 Holocaust memoir of Misha Defonseca.
The film premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 31, 2021.{{cite web |title=Misha and the Wolves |url=https://www.brightyellowfilms.com/films/misha-and-the-wolves |publisher=Bright Yellow Films |access-date=18 August 2021}} On August 11, 2021, it became available on Netflix.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/netflix-august-2021-new-releases-movies-tv-1234990543/|title=Netflix's New Releases Coming in August 2021|first=Abbey|last=White|date=July 31, 2021|website=hollywoodreporter.com|access-date=19 August 2021}}
Synopsis
After Defonseca's memoir, titled Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, became a global success, her publisher began to question its veracity.
Interviewees
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- Jane Daniel, publisher with Mt. Ivy Press
- Emma De Wael, Misha's aunt
- Pat Cunningham, Misha's neighbor in Millis, Massachusetts
- Debórah Dwork, Clark University professor of Holocaust history
- Evelyne Haendel, Belgian genealogist and Holocaust survivor
- Ramona Hamblin, Misha's attorney
- Marie-Claire Mommer, psychology instructor
- Candy O'Terry, WMJX, Magic 106.7/Boston. Creator & host of the weekly series Exceptional Women
- Sharon Sergeant, forensic genealogist
- Karen Schulman, former friend of Misha in Millis, Massachusetts
- Joni Soffron, staff member with Wolf Hollow animal sanctuary
- Jean-Philippe Tondeur, military historian
- Marc Metdepenningen, Belgian journalist{{Cite web|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|date=2021-01-31|title='Misha and the Wolves' Review: An Extraordinary Holocaust Survival Story. Or Not|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/misha-and-the-wolves-review-1234896851/|access-date=19 August 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}
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Reception
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|84|7.2|31}} The website's critics consensus reads, "A stranger-than-fiction account of a too-incredible-to-be-true story, Misha and the Wolves is an engaging documentary wrapped in a thrilling mystery."{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|title=Misha and the Wolves|id=misha_and_the_wolves|type=m|access-date=18 August 2021}} {{MC film|1=61|2=8}}{{cite Metacritic|id=misha-and-the-wolves|type=movie|
title=Misha and the Wolves Reviews|access-date=18 August 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|13648220}}
- {{Netflix title}}
Category:Documentary films about women
Category:Biographical films about fraudsters