Irène Némirovsky

Irène Némirovsky

1903-02-11
39 (1942-08-17)
Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Irène Némirovsky was a Ukrainian-born author who lived most of her life in France. In 1942 she was arrested for being Jewish and died in Auschwitz.

Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Irène Némirovsky was a Ukrainian-born author who lived most of her life in France. In 1942 she was arrested for being Jewish and died in Auschwitz.

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Suite Française 2015 (7.3)

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
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David Golder 1931 (6.267)

David is a poor but ambitious Polish Jew who reinvents himself as a powerful New York business magnate. After gaining wealth, he relocates to Paris, only to have his selfish and demanding wife squander his fortune.
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Quartet 2015 (6.2)

Temptation and danger run high in this romantic drama. In a post-World War I world, handsome veteran Antoine is ready to live life with his beautiful wife, Marianne. But his happiness is threatened when Marianne's alluring sister, Evelyn, pulls him into a seductive web of deceit and infidelity.