Natan 11 years old

Film decays. Memory fades. Truth is corrupted.

Natan tells the remarkable story of Bernard Natan, a Romanian immigrant who came to Paris in 1905 and was involved almost immediately with French cinema. He took control of the Pathe film group in the late 1920s and went on to produce epic films such as Les Miserables. But Natan has become largely written out of French film history for various different reasons. I will not go into details here as the story is an excellent one, suffice to say that his ethnicity and subsequent rumours plagued Natan almost from the start of his career. His ‘comeuppance’ for his alleged transgressions is at the heart of this devastating documentary.

Credits

Natan Cast

Name	Character
Niall Greig Fulton He was 42, now 53 years old	as The False Natan

Natan Crew

Name	Department
David Cairns as Director.	Directing