A Self-Made Hero

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A Self-Made Hero

1996

1h 47m

6.8(109 votes)

Drama

War

Comedy

Overview

Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.

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Cast & Crew

42 members

Acting

Mathieu Kassovitz

Albert Dehousse

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Anouk Grinberg

Servane

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Sandrine Kiberlain

Yvette

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Albert Dupontel

Dionnet

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Jean-Louis Trintignant

Albert Dehousse (old)

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Nadia Barentin

Madame Louvier / Madame Revuz / The General's Wife

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Bernard Bloch

Ernst

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François Chattot

Louvier

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Philippe Duclos

Caron

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Danièle Lebrun

Madame Dehousse

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Armand de Baudry d'Asson

Man "English girls"

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Wilfred Benaïche

Henry Nervoix

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François Berléand

Monsieur Jo

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Philippe Bérodot

Leguen

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Gilles Del Frate

The Partisan

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Stefan Elbaum

'Little Versailles' Man 1

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Marc Ernotte

De Vaincourt

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Jérôme Floch

Etienne

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Isabelle Gruault

Lutétia, Young Woman

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Donatien Guillot

Knickerbocker

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Directing

Philippe Harel

Information Officer

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Christophe Kourotchkine

'Little Versailles' Man 2

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Philippe Lehembre

Maître Becquard

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François Levantal

Delavelle

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Patrick Ligardes

Malbert

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Clotilde Mollet

Odette

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Philippe Nahon

The Général

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Yann Pradal

FFI 1

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Bruno Putzulu

Meyer

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Georges Siatidis

Beauchamps

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Laurent Vacher

Maldoror Man

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Yves Verhoeven

Boutin

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David Fernandes

Albert (child)

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Xavier Arcache

Jean Caron (child)

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Éléonore Godeau

Little Girl At Kiosk

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Thomas Vindevogel

Lout

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Sound

Anne Villette

Violin player

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Dominique Lemonnier

Violin player

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Geneviève Strosser

Viola player

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Vincent Ségal

Cello player

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Marc Marder

Double-Bass player

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Emmanuel Strosser

Piano player

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