100 minutes
12/4/1988
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.
Anthony Hopkins
as Jean Louis Cheval
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Therese Mangeot
Derek Jacobi
as The Imposter
Cyril Cusack
as The Priest
Brenda Bruce
as Madame Mangeot
Timothy Watson
as Michel Mangeot
Jim Carter
as Pierre
Paul Rogers
as Breton
Peter Jonfield
as Roche
Michael Attwell
as Krogh
Geoffrey Bayldon
as Elderly Clerk
Robert Morgan
as German Officer
Patrice Valota
as Voisin
John Bennett
as Jules
Alan Rossett
as Prisoner #3
Guy Matchoro
as Prisoner #4
François Lalande
as Prisoner #5
Sébastien Floche
as Concierge
Eva Schmidt
as Secretary
Brigitte Barilley
as (uncredited)