We are beyond elated to announce that one of the world’s finest and most widely-acclaimed actors has joined the adventure of A Train Near Magdeburg. Our narration will be performed by none other than Sir David Suchet, multiple-award-winning star of stage and screen.
Though he has been performing professionally since 1969 (!) he is best-known around the world for his portrayal of Agatha Christie’s eccentric detective Hercules Poirot in the long-running TV series Poirot.
While we were searching for exactly the right talent for our narrator, Sir David was looking for us — that is, for a way to add his talents to a significant story about Jews in the Holocaust. He is himself of Lithuanian-Jewish descent; his father was “Suchedowitz” in the old country. He told us he has recently learned more about the fate of his Lithuanian relatives during the Holocaust and has since been eager to honor their legacy with a project like ours.
Sir David has recently completed an extraordinary tour of the world following the path once taken by Agatha Christie, with whom he naturally feels a strong personal bond. That entire adventure can be seen in the outstanding documentary series Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet.
