Monsieur Batignole
06/03/2002
2h



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.
Cast


Gérard Jugnot
Edmond Batignole


Jules Sitruk
Simon Bernstein


Michèle Garcia
Marguerite Batignole


Jean-Paul Rouve
Pierre-Jean Lamour


Alexia Portal
Micheline Batignole


Violette Blanckaert
Sarah Cohen


Daphné Baiwir
Guila Cohen


Götz Burger
SS Col. Spreich


Élisabeth Commelin
Irène


Hubert Saint-Macary
Gendarmerie lieutenant


Daniel Martin
Brigadier Albert


Nadine Spinoza
Rachel Bernstein


Damien Jouillerot
Martin


Philippe du Janerand
René, administrator


Marie-Gaëlle Cals
Edwige


Flannan Obé
Paul


Karine Pinoteau
Nurse on the train


Didier Lafaye
Village informant


Christophe Rouzaud
Village priest


Sylvie Herbert
Cohens' concierge in Montmartre


Roland Marchisio
Deposit keeper


Arthur Jugnot
Arthur


Eric Civanyan
Gallery owner


Michel Dodane
Neighbor on the train


Karina Marimon
Neighbor on the train


Ticky Holgado
Lucien Morel


Sam Karmann
Max Bernstein


Jean-Marie Winling
Sacha Guitry


Yves Lavandier
Léon Batignole


Till Bahlmann
Soldier at the Station (uncredited)


Ursula Deuker
Secretary of Spreich (uncredited)


Thierry Heckendorn
Commissioner (uncredited)


Marie-Hélène Lentini
Mrs. Taillepied (uncredited)


Eric Moreau
Server (uncredited)


Wolfgang Pissors
Suspicious SS soldier (uncredited)


Jörg Schnass
SS soldier (uncredited)


Michel Scourneau
(uncredited)
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