Monsieur Batignole

Top 10 Billed Cast

Gérard Jugnot
Gérard Jugnot

Edmond Batignole

Jules Sitruk
Jules Sitruk

Simon Bernstein

Michèle Garcia
Michèle Garcia

Marguerite Batignole

Jean-Paul Rouve
Jean-Paul Rouve

Pierre-Jean Lamour

Alexia Portal
Alexia Portal

Micheline Batignole

Violette Blanckaert
Violette Blanckaert

Sarah Cohen

Daphné Baiwir
Daphné Baiwir

Guila Cohen

Götz Burger
Götz Burger

SS Col. Spreich

Élisabeth Commelin
Élisabeth Commelin

Irène

Hubert Saint-Macary
Hubert Saint-Macary

Gendarmerie lieutenant

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2002-03-06

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    7

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    3.5 starts
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    Français
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