CinemaOSMovie · 2002 · 1h 40m

Monsieur Batignole

70%(253)IMDbComedyDrama

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.

Directed byGérard Jugnot

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
FR
Released
March 6, 2002
Studios
TF1 Films ProductionNovo Arturo FilmsRF2K Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Gérard Jugnot
Gérard Jugnot
Written by
Gérard Jugnot
Gérard Jugnot
Philippe Lopes-Curval
Philippe Lopes-Curval
Produced by
Dominique Farrugia
Dominique Farrugia
Gérard Jugnot
Gérard Jugnot

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