Monsieur Batignole (2002)
March 6, 2002
Comedy, Drama
1h 40m
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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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Gérard Jugnot
- Edmond Batignole Gérard Jugnot
- Simon Bernstein Jules Sitruk
- Marguerite Batignole Michèle Garcia
- Pierre-Jean Lamour Jean-Paul Rouve
- Micheline Batignole Alexia Portal
- Sarah Cohen Violette Blanckaert
- Guila Cohen Daphné Baiwir
- SS Col. Spreich Götz Burger
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Keywords
- paris, france
- escape
- world war ii
- jew persecution
- escape agent
- 1940s
- occupied france (1940-44)
- child protection