Monsieur Batignole (2002)
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.
Rated
12
Year
2002
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
6 March 2002
TMDB
7.0 (251)
CineVerse
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Ratings
0 fansNo ratings yet.
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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