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A man searches for his childhood best friend, a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust, who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.


A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.

Rade Šerbedžija
Athos

Stephen Dillane
Jakob Beer

Rosamund Pike
Alex

Ayelet Zurer
Michaela

Robbie Kay
Young Jakob

Ed Stoppard
Ben

Rachelle Lefevre
Naomi

Nina Dobrev
Bella

Themis Bazaka
Mrs Serenou

Yorgos Karamihos
Ioannis
Fugitive Pieces is a drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of holocaust (shoah), world war ii, childhood trauma. Directed by Jeremy Podeswa, it stars Rade Šerbedžija, Stephen Dillane, Rosamund Pike. A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.
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