Protagonists
ABOUT THE PROTAGONISTS in "THE ART OF SILENCE"
Anne Sicco
Anne Sicco was born in Cahors and met Marcel Marceau when she was 19 years old. They married in 1975 and in 1978 she became the director of the experimental class at the International School of Mimodrama in Paris. Since 2010 she has been the artistic director of the "Nouvel Espace Appia".
Camille Marceau
Born in Paris, she is the first daughter of Anne Sicco and Marcel Marceau. As a child, she travelled the globe with her father and learned his art at an early age. Today she lives in Montauban and works as an actress as well as a filmmaker..
Aurélia Marceau
The second daughter of Anne Sicco and Marcel Marceau. She also travelled the world with her father as a child. Today she lives south of Toulouse and acts in various production formats for stage and film.
Louis Chevalier
Louis Chevalier is the son of Camille Marceau and thus Marcel Marceau's grandson. Today he is 20 years old and wants to follow in his grandfather's footsteps after studying dance in Toulouse and Marseille.
Rob Mermin
Rob Mermin ran away from home in 1969 and joined a circus. He became a pupil of Marcel Marceau and received mime lessons from him. In 1971, he graduated from "Lake Forest College" with a degree in theatre and literature. In 1987 he founded his own circus, Circus Smirkus, in Greensboro, Vermont. He suffers from Parkinson's disease.
Georges Loinger
Georges is Marcel Marceau's cousin. He worked as a sports teacher and became a member of the Resistance during the Second World War together with his brother. Together they helped at least 300 Jewish children to escape. At the age of 105, he received the German Federal Cross of Merit on 12 July 2016. He passed away on 28 December 2018 at the age of 108.
Daniel Loinger
Georges Loinger's son and was smuggled into Switzerland by his father and uncle as a child. He cared for his father until the latter's death. Today he is 80 years old and lives in Paris.
Christoph Staerkle
The father of director Maurizius Staerkle Drux. He has been deaf since birth. Marcel Marceau's art strongly influenced him, which is why he trained as a mime artist in Paris. Today he lives in Thun, Switzerland.