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Director, Anne-Marie Tougas ; writer, Anne-Marie Tougas ; researcher, Anne-Marie Tougas ; camera, Marc Gadoury, James Gray ; editing, France Pilon ; historical consultant, Paul Perrier ; sound, André Boisvert, Olivier Léger ; sound editing, Claude Langlois ; foley, Stéphane Cadotte ; archival research, Françoise de La Cressonnière, Anne-Marie Tougas ; contemporary music, Nicolas Letarte ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard, Shelley Craig ; producer, Yves Bisaillon.

Participation, Raymond Klibansky, Ethel Groffier, Sonja Sutton-Steiniger, Georges Leroux, Rainer Maria Lepsius, Nicholas Mann, Jana Patockova, Benoît Lacroix ; narrator, Claudia Besso.

Recorded 2002.

The filmmaker did not suspect that meeting a philosopher would have such a profound effect. It compelled her to shed light on the exceptional life of Raymond Klibansky, his uncommon destiny and his path to humanity. As a German Jewish philosopher of action, he lived in times of upheaval, war and hate. As a young man, he moved in the circles of Karl Jaspers, Erwin Panofsky, Marianne Weber, Ernst Cassirer and Albert Enstein. Early in his career, he made his mark as a historian of ideas and a philosopher, and his work was known around the world. Then came the Nazi lie, which he condemned and, better yet, fought. In the prime of his life, he was Chief Intelligence Officer in the British Secret Service during World War Two. He moved to Montreal in 1946, where he has continued to promote tolerance and fight for freedom on all fronts.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Telefilm Canada Prize for Best Canadian Work - with a cash prize of 5,000$, 2002

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).