At the time of his death in 2007, Marcel Marceau was the world’s most famous mime. But in 1938-’39, when World War II rescue drama “Resistance” takes place, Jewish-born Marcel Mangel was just 15 ye…
, who plays him here) and had not yet adopted his stage name, much less the stage. As it happens, this would be the most exciting chapter of his life — and one about which the tight-lipped performer seldom spoke — making for a fresh entry point to an otherwise familiar if ever relevant subject.
But “Resistance” is more serious than not, and because the once-famous Marceau is forgotten by or unknown to many audiences, for the film to dwell on his pantomime persona would be to lose itself in the footnote to a footnote of history. Instead, Jakubowicz uses Marceau as just one character in a broader and considerably grimmer reminder of the evils Europe faced under Nazi Germany, focusing on one of those rare but inspiring cases where lives were spared.
Jakubowicz takes more generous creative license when imagining how the actor’s budding clown skills might come in handy, resulting in an elaborate maneuver to spring Georges from Nazi clutches in a crowded town square. In a way, such a scene might play better if the action hero weren’t someone history views as so likably benign.
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