Monsieur Batignole
6.962
100 minutes
3/6/2002
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 List
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
Damien Jouillerot
as Martin
Philippe du Janerand
as René, administrator
Marie-Gaëlle Cals
as Edwige
Flannan Obé
as Paul
Karine Pinoteau
as Nurse on the train
Didier Lafaye
as Village informant
Christophe Rouzaud
as Village priest
Sylvie Herbert
as Cohens' concierge in Montmartre
Roland Marchisio
as Deposit keeper
Arthur Jugnot
as Arthur
Eric Civanyan
as Gallery owner
Michel Dodane
as Neighbor on the train
Karina Marimon
as Neighbor on the train
Ticky Holgado
as Lucien Morel
Sam Karmann
as Max Bernstein
Jean-Marie Winling
as Sacha Guitry
Yves Lavandier
as Léon Batignole
Till Bahlmann
as Soldier at the Station (uncredited)
Ursula Deuker
as Secretary of Spreich (uncredited)
Thierry Heckendorn
as Commissioner (uncredited)
Marie-Hélène Lentini
as Mrs. Taillepied (uncredited)
Eric Moreau
as Server (uncredited)
Wolfgang Pissors
as Suspicious SS soldier (uncredited)
Jörg Schnass
as SS soldier (uncredited)
Michel Scourneau
as (uncredited)