MY ESCAPE

BY

KAUTSAR ACHOUCHEN



















Oaks Park Sixth Form
45-65 Oaks Lane
Newbury Park
Ilford
Essex
03/10/14
IG2 7PQ
www.oakspark.redbridge.sch.uk







FADE IN:
INT. STUDY ROOM, HOUSE- NIGHT


Avishalom Abendroth (55) is sitting down on a wooden chair.
His hands are on the wooden table in front of him. He is
holding a pencil. He is writing in his diary. The words Dear
diary are written on the paper. He bounces his foot up and
down. He looks nervous. He taps the pencil on the table.

FLASHBACK TO:


EXT. HAINAULT FOREST, PATHWAY- AFTERNOON

The scene changes to the past. Avishalom Abendroth (15) is
running through the woods. He picks up speed. He runs down the
path. He looks back. He trips over his foot. He regains
balance. He looks back.

AVISHALOM ABENDROTH (V.O)
October 12 1943. (Pausing)
I remember the day clearly.
The Day I escaped from that place.
I was captured a couple of days
before my escape. (Hesitation)
They took my parents.
I remember my mother screaming my name,
My dad struggling to reach me.
They held him back. I was scared.
Eventually I came up with a plan.
(Voice sounds strong)
No one would have ever guess that
I would run away. But I did.


CUT TO:


He is still running through the woods. He looks back again.
Two Nazi soldiers spot him. They run after him. They are in a
near distance.


Avishalom Abendroth
Shit! Theyre catching up

Nazi Soldier
There he is! Faster!

Avishalom Abendroth
Oh no. Theyre going to catch me

Nazi soldier
Get the gun out!

AVISHALOM ABENDROTH V.O
The minute I got out the huge
gates, I ran. They saw me. The
Nazi soldiers. I looked back and
carried on running.(Voice turns quiet again)
They put me in over worn clothes.
I knew someone wore them before me.
Their pain is what I feel now.
Knowing theyre gone and could
not escape. Striped clothes.
A number was placed on my clothes.
My arm had the Star of David
wrapped around it. Showing my outcast.
I was an item. A belonging to them.


CUT TO:

He runs behind a tree. H crouches down. He looks back. The
camera zooms into his face. Leaves are heard crunching.

Nazi Soldier
Run to him! Catch him!

Avishalom Abendroth
Shit

AVISHALOM ABENDROTH (V.O)
i ran into the forest. Trees were everywhere
I didnt know where I was going.
But all I had in my mind was for me to
escape. I could hear them. They saw me.
But I continued. (Voice stays in a quiet tone
for the rest of the voice over).
Making sure to never stop.
My legs grew tired. I hid. Wrong move.
They saw me and I got up to run.
I fell.

CUT TO:


They spot him. He gets up and runs. He falls. He gets up
again. He limps through the the leaves. He comes out in an
opening.

AVISHALOM ABENDROTH
I got back up and started limping.
I knew they would catch me.
I didnt want to go back there.
But they had something else in mind.
I ran into open air.
I was stuck. No way out
I was shot.

FLASHBACK ENDS:

INT. STUDY ROOM, HOUSE- NIGHT

AVHISHALOM ABENDROTH is sitting on a chair. The words shot
with a full stop are written on the paper.