Synopsis
In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
251 audience votes
Key crew
- Gérard JugnotScreenplay
- Khalil ChahineOriginal Music Composer
- Gérard JugnotDirector
- Philippe Lopes-CurvalScreenplay
Cast
- Gérard JugnotEdmond Batignole
- Jules SitrukSimon Bernstein
- Michèle GarciaMarguerite Batignole
- Jean-Paul RouvePierre-Jean Lamour
- Alexia PortalMicheline Batignole
- Violette BlanckaertSarah Cohen
- Daphné BaiwirGuila Cohen
- Götz BurgerSS Col. Spreich
- Élisabeth CommelinIrène
- Hubert Saint-MacaryGendarmerie lieutenant
- Daniel MartinBrigadier Albert
- Nadine SpinozaRachel Bernstein
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Themes
paris, franceescapeworld war iijew persecutionescape agent1940soccupied france (1940-44)child protection