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Ninety-eight-year-old Marthe Cohn recounts the trials and risks she faced during the Second World War. An upstanding citizen in her community, Marthe hid her French-Jewish heritage to avoid capture at the hands of the Nazis. Marthe then served her country as a spy behind enemy lines over the course of the war, a past she kept hidden until her old age. Documentary footage details Marthe's journey around the world to tell her story of bravery and service. Directed by Nicola Hens.
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Chichinette: The Accidental Spy (2019)
86 min
When it seems that all the stories about World War II have already been told, a new one is often found. Marthe Cohn is a French Jew, whose life resembles a real-world blockbuster. During the war, she took the cover name Chichinette, became a spy, and gathered intel that helped organize an important military operation. Chichinette suffered many losses during the war, having been born in a Jewish family in a small industrial town close to the border between France and Germany. Now Marthe is 98 years old. Despite her age, she is savvy in modern technology and loves traveling the globe - she is often invited to go abroad and tell the story of her military achievements.