What do we know about "Transatlantique", a Netflix series that will shoot in Marseille?

• Currently in pre-production, the Netflix series “Transatlantique” (provisional name) will take place partly in Marseille.

• It depicts the life of Varian Fry, an American who, from Marseilles, helped many Jews and intellectuals to flee Nazi Europe.

• Filming is scheduled to begin on February 21 and is expected to continue until the end of June.

Marseilles, August 1940. The Nazis have invaded France and Pétain is preparing to sign the law on the status of Jews.

Varian Fry, an American journalist living in town, organizes the flight of thousands of them.

So much for the pitch of

(provisional name) this new Netflix series directed by Anna Winger and whose filming will begin in Marseille.

History, production, date and locations of filming, direction… What we know about this new series, which on paper promises to be more solid than

, Netflix's previous attempt to stage the city.

The creator of

Unorthodox

at the helm

The dramatic mini-series of four 55' episodes launched on the screens in March 2020 had delighted his world. Evidenced

by the eight nominations of

to the Primetime emmy award, awards of American television. A recognition that allowed Anna Winger to enter, after a career as a photographer and at just 50 years old, on a level footing in the world of television creation, she who had until then only directed three dramas for the German TV (2015, 2018 and 2020).

This Massachusetts native, who has lived in Berlin since the early 2000s, has signed a multi-year partnership with production company Studio Airlift and Netflix to produce and develop drama films and series internationally, Airlift Studio announced. on his Instagram page, taking up a news from the American magazine

.

Varian Fry, a fair in Marseille

He may have been nicknamed the "American Schindler", in reference to Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist and member of the Nazi party, who nevertheless saved many Jews during the Second World War.

A book, then a film (

), made by Spielberg in 1993, helped popularize his story.

Will Varian Fry meet the same fate?

He deserves it as his story is a model of courage and dedication.

This American journalist was 32 years old when he landed in Marseilles in August 1940. Officially to practice his profession there, unofficially as an envoy of the Emergency Rescue Committee.

From there, he helped thousands of Jews and artists from Europe to flee Nazism, including famous intellectuals such as André Breton, theoretician of surrealism, the painters Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst, or the gallery owner Peggy Guggenheim.

And if not, when is it?

The casting of the many extras needed for the re-enactments took place from January 13 to 15.

Castprod, the company in charge of it, indicated that it was looking for “hundreds” of them for the filming which will take place “in Marseille and the nearby region from February 21 to the end of June 2022”.

As for knowing when we will be able to see the Marseille of 1940 on our screens, it is difficult to predict.

Counting the time of post-production, let's not bet before the very end of 2022, or even more certainly during 2023.

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