The Statement
5.6
120 minutes
12/12/2003
Overview
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
Cast List
Michael Caine
as Pierre Brossard
Tilda Swinton
as Annemarie Livi
Jeremy Northam
as Colonel Roux
Alan Bates
as Armand Bertier
Charlotte Rampling
as Nicole
John Neville
as Old Man
Ciarán Hinds
as Pochon
Frank Finlay
as Commissaire Vionnet
William Hutt
as Le Moyne
Matt Craven
as David Manenbaum
Noam Jenkins
as Michael Levy
Peter Wight
as Inspector Cholet
Malcolm Sinclair
as Cardinal of Lyon
Colin Salmon
as Father Patrice
David de Keyser
as Dom André (as David De Keyser)
Christian Erickson
as Father Joseph
Dominic Gould
as Captain Durand
Peter Hudson
as Professor Valentin
Joseph Malerba
as Max
Irene Palko
as Clotilde
George Wills
as Young Brossard (as George Williams)
Edward Petherbridge
as Dom Vladimir
John Boswall
as Father Léo
Joseph Long
as Bishop
Wolfgang Pissors
as German Soldier
Daniel Lundh
as Bertier's Secretary