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A Self-Made Hero(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-05-15
69%
101 Votes
Time: 1h 47m
Overview:
Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Alicéléo
Cofimage 7
Lumière
Studio Images 2
Initial Groupe
Movie: A Self-Made Hero
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mathieu Kassovitz
Albert Dehousse
Anouk Grinberg
Servane
Sandrine Kiberlain
Yvette
Albert Dupontel
Dionnet
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Albert Dehousse (old)
Nadia Barentin
Madame Louvier / Madame Revuz / The General's Wife
Bernard Bloch
Ernst
François Chattot
Louvier
Philippe Duclos
Caron
Danièle Lebrun
Madame Dehousse
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