Monsieur Batignole
movie
Released March 06, 2002
Overview
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
as
Edmond Batignole
Jules Sitruk
as
Simon Bernstein
Michèle Garcia
as
Marguerite Batignole
Jean-Paul Rouve
as
Pierre-Jean Lamour
Alexia Portal
as
Micheline Batignole
Violette Blanckaert
as
Sarah Cohen
Daphné Baiwir
as
Guila Cohen
Götz Burger
as
SS Col. Spreich
Élisabeth Commelin
as
Irène
Hubert Saint-Macary
as
Gendarmerie lieutenant
Daniel Martin
as
Brigadier Albert
Nadine Spinoza
as
Rachel Bernstein
Crew
Gérard Jugnot
as
Screenplay
Jean-Louis Povéda
as
Production Design
Khalil Chahine
as
Original Music Composer
Dominique Farrugia
as
Producer
Gérard Jugnot
as
Producer
Catherine Kelber
as
Editor
Gérard Jugnot
as
Director
Gérard Simon
as
Director of Photography
Philippe Lopes-Curval
as
Screenplay
Sandra Mainguené
as
Casting
Françoise Menidrey
as
Casting
Martine Rapin
as
Costume Design