Trivia / Resistance (2020)

• Actor-Shared Background: Marcel Mangel/Marceau was of Polish Jewish descent, as is Jesse Eisenberg.
• Box Office Bomb: The film had the dubious honor of topping the box office in its theatrical opening weekend (April 17, 2020, during the first wave of COVID-19 Pandemic lockdowns) by earning... $2,490 on one screen (theaters were shut stateside, it was also released on video on demand otherwise). It made $282,228 during its theatrical exploitation thanks to drive-in theaters, far from recouping its budget.
• Dawson Casting: Marcel was 16 when World War II broke out, he's played by a 35 year old Jesse Eisenberg.
• Direct to Video: The film was released on video on demand in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though it also had a theatrical run in drive-ins.
• Fake Nationality:
  • Jesse Eisenberg is American and plays the French Marcel Mangel.
  • The Hungarian Géza Röhrig as the French Georges Loinger, Marcel's cousin.
  • Bella Ramsey as the German Jewish Elsbeth.
• International Coproduction: The film was funded by American, British and German production companies.
• Playing Against Type: Matthias Schweighöfer is famous for his comedy works in Germany, he had never played anything close to a Nazi antagonist such as Klaus Barbie before.
• Produced by Cast Member: One of the production companies of the film is Pantaleon Films, the company of Matthias Schweighöfer, who plays Klaus Barbie.

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